Narrative:

Overheated, burned engine #3 oil quantity gauge caused smoke and fumes in cockpit. Emergency declared and diverted to bhm as it was in sight to the west. No further problems and good support from all agencies, crew and ground support kept this potentially very serious problem from escalating.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FLC HAS OIL QUANTITY GAUGE BURN CAUSING SMOKE AND FUMES IN COCKPIT. EMER DECLARED.

Narrative: OVERHEATED, BURNED ENG #3 OIL QUANTITY GAUGE CAUSED SMOKE AND FUMES IN COCKPIT. EMER DECLARED AND DIVERTED TO BHM AS IT WAS IN SIGHT TO THE W. NO FURTHER PROBS AND GOOD SUPPORT FROM ALL AGENCIES, CREW AND GND SUPPORT KEPT THIS POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS PROB FROM ESCALATING.

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.