Commuter aircraft has smoke in cockpit. Engine shutdown. Divert land.

Attributes
ACN	198482
Time
Date	199201
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sac
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	enroute airway : mcc
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	198482
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff and during climb, smoke started to come into the cockpit from behind the panel. Captain called for the 02 masks and quick reference handbook. While we were reading the 'smoke in cockpit' checklist, left engine instruments indicated the left engine was going to fail. We shut down the left engine, secured cockpit and landed at sacramento executive airport without further clearance. I feel that our training more than prepared us for this emergency situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT HAS SMOKE IN COCKPIT. ENG SHUTDOWN. DIVERT LAND.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF AND DURING CLB, SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO THE COCKPIT FROM BEHIND THE PANEL. CAPT CALLED FOR THE 02 MASKS AND QUICK REF HANDBOOK. WHILE WE WERE READING THE 'SMOKE IN COCKPIT' CHKLIST, L ENG INSTS INDICATED THE L ENG WAS GOING TO FAIL. WE SHUT DOWN THE L ENG, SECURED COCKPIT AND LANDED AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE ARPT WITHOUT FURTHER CLRNC. I FEEL THAT OUR TRAINING MORE THAN PREPARED US FOR THIS EMER SITUATION.

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.