Small aircraft has smoke smell in cockpit. Precautionary landing.

Attributes
ACN	247314
Time
Date	199307
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mvy
State Reference	MA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zbw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 560
ASRS Report	247314
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Possibly smelled smoke. Made a precautionary landing at mvy. Did not declare an emergency. Should I have? It was only a brief whiff, all gauges were normal. With hindsight, I probably should have -- and you never know.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA HAS SMOKE SMELL IN COCKPIT. PRECAUTIONARY LNDG.

Narrative: POSSIBLY SMELLED SMOKE. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT MVY. DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. SHOULD I HAVE? IT WAS ONLY A BRIEF WHIFF, ALL GAUGES WERE NORMAL. WITH HINDSIGHT, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE -- AND YOU NEVER KNOW.

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.