<< >> NASA ASRS Report 362001, February 1997

Smoke in cockpit of DA20 on climb out. Return land at ptk.

Attributes
ACN	362001
Time
Date	199702
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ptk
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 13000 msl bound upper : 13000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob tower : dsm
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 1650 flight time type : 90
ASRS Report	362001
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During climb from ptk, noticed smoke in cockpit/cabin. Performed memory items and checklist, requested vectors back to ptk. Smoke cleared during the descent. Landing uneventful. Lessons learned! It's important to use memory item/checklist, it worked perfectly!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE IN COCKPIT OF DA20 ON CLBOUT. RETURN LAND AT PTK.

Narrative: DURING CLB FROM PTK, NOTICED SMOKE IN COCKPIT/CABIN. PERFORMED MEMORY ITEMS AND CHKLIST, REQUESTED VECTORS BACK TO PTK. SMOKE CLRED DURING THE DSCNT. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. LESSONS LEARNED! IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE MEMORY ITEM/CHKLIST, IT WORKED PERFECTLY!

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.