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Smoke in the cockpit of a commuter small transport causes PIC to shut down engine and order aircraft evacuated. Aircraft was taxiing out for takeoff from mdw at the time.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 156258 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199008 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mdw |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 191 flight time total : 1600 flight time type : 464 |
| ASRS Report | 156258 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Smoke was observed in cockpit. We shut down the engines and evacked the aircraft. Electric wiring had shorted out and started to burn caused by insulation rubbing on the wall of the upper panel. This insulation had worn through causing it to short itself out. No injuries or problems were observed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT OF A COMMUTER SMT CAUSES PIC TO SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND ORDER ACFT EVACUATED. ACFT WAS TAXIING OUT FOR TKOF FROM MDW AT THE TIME.
Narrative: SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN COCKPIT. WE SHUT DOWN THE ENGS AND EVACKED THE ACFT. ELECTRIC WIRING HAD SHORTED OUT AND STARTED TO BURN CAUSED BY INSULATION RUBBING ON THE WALL OF THE UPPER PANEL. THIS INSULATION HAD WORN THROUGH CAUSING IT TO SHORT ITSELF OUT. NO INJURIES OR PROBS WERE OBSERVED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.