Md-11 captain reported an uneventful emergency landing due to fume event during descent for landing.

Attributes
ACN	1747227
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

On descent into ZZZ; we smelled a strong acrid smell like something was burning. We notified ATC and requested direct the field. We were given direct to the IAF. I went as fast as I could before the smell got worse or we started to get smoke in the cockpit. We continued the approach and landed uneventfully. [Unknown]system malfunction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-11 Captain reported an uneventful emergency landing due to fume event during descent for landing.

Narrative: On descent into ZZZ; we smelled a strong acrid smell like something was burning. We notified ATC and requested direct the field. We were given direct to the IAF. I went as fast as I could before the smell got worse or we started to get smoke in the cockpit. We continued the approach and landed uneventfully. [Unknown]System malfunction.

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.