Narrative:

During cruise flight; approximately halfway to ZZZ; I noticed a burning smell and visually detected a small amount of smoke propagating from between the glare shield and instrument bezel just above the pilot side attitude indicator. All systems continued to function normally. The smoke lasted a few minutes and did not affect my physiological state negatively (besides the unpleasant odor); or my ability to complete the flight safely to the intended destination; which at the time was also the nearest viable airport. I never felt my safety was threatened or that continuing the flight to the destination would threaten other airborne aircraft; airport personnel; passengers; or property. Upon landing all systems continued to function normally through shutdown and the smoke did not return. I contacted dispatch and related the incident. Maintenance dispatched a [company] mechanic to ZZZ to troubleshoot. The mechanic confirmed the burning odor; but could not reproduce the problem or pinpoint the cause. After consulting with our head of maintenance and chief pilot it was determined to ferry the plane back to [a different airport]; DVFR; to continue with a more thorough inspection.

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Title: Beach 1900 Captain reported a burning smell and smoke coming from behind the glare shield.

Narrative: During cruise flight; approximately halfway to ZZZ; I noticed a burning smell and visually detected a small amount of smoke propagating from between the glare shield and instrument bezel just above the pilot side attitude indicator. All systems continued to function normally. The smoke lasted a few minutes and did not affect my physiological state negatively (besides the unpleasant odor); or my ability to complete the flight safely to the intended destination; which at the time was also the nearest viable airport. I never felt my safety was threatened or that continuing the flight to the destination would threaten other airborne aircraft; airport personnel; passengers; or property. Upon landing all systems continued to function normally through shutdown and the smoke did not return. I contacted dispatch and related the incident. Maintenance dispatched a [Company] mechanic to ZZZ to troubleshoot. The mechanic confirmed the burning odor; but could not reproduce the problem or pinpoint the cause. After consulting with our Head of Maintenance and Chief Pilot it was determined to ferry the plane back to [a different airport]; DVFR; to continue with a more thorough inspection.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.