Flight crew of air carrier medium large transport aircraft declared an emergency due smoke in the cockpit and diverted to a nearby airport.

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Attributes
ACN	231385
Time
Date	199301
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bfl
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 28000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla tower : mht
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	231385
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	231386
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:

Descending through FL280 into lax, an electrical smoke started coming from the circuit breaker behind the captain's seat. We declared an emergency and were cleared to bfl airport. We were on the ground in bfl in approximately 5 min. After landing, the aft flight attendants smelled smoke and we evacuate/evacuationed the passenger and crew on the taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF ACR MLG ACFT DECLARED AN EMER DUE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DIVERTED TO A NEARBY ARPT.

Narrative: DSNDING THROUGH FL280 INTO LAX, AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE CIRCUIT BREAKER BEHIND THE CAPT'S SEAT. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND WERE CLRED TO BFL ARPT. WE WERE ON THE GND IN BFL IN APPROX 5 MIN. AFTER LNDG, THE AFT FLT ATTENDANTS SMELLED SMOKE AND WE EVACED THE PAX AND CREW ON THE TXWY.

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.