<< >> NASA ASRS Report 169050, January 1991

After takeoff air carrier mdt flight crew detected smoke and got a smoke warning on the central warning panel. Return land.

Attributes
ACN	169050
Time
Date	199101
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ord tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	169050
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff smoke odor detected in cockpit, a smoke light illuminated on central warning panel. Crew returned to ord and emergency equipment was requested. After environmental system was turned off, warning disappeared. We landed normally west/O incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER TKOF ACR MDT FLT CREW DETECTED SMOKE AND GOT A SMOKE WARNING ON THE CENTRAL WARNING PANEL. RETURN LAND.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF SMOKE ODOR DETECTED IN COCKPIT, A SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON CENTRAL WARNING PANEL. CREW RETURNED TO ORD AND EMER EQUIP WAS REQUESTED. AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL SYS WAS TURNED OFF, WARNING DISAPPEARED. WE LANDED NORMALLY W/O INCIDENT.

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.