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An embraer 120 on approach at 2800 ft declared an emergency due to smoke coming from the captain's audio panel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 473365 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ict.airport |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils other localizer |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 473365 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
As we were being vectored on base to runway 1R (ict), air carrier flight XXX, aircraft xyz, I noticed wisps of smoke emanating from the captain's audio panel. We notified ATC and asked to be vectored to the final. ATC, upon reception of this information, declared an emergency and cleared us to the runway. They had the fire trucks standing by. The smoke subsided shortly and we were able to land safely. We were able to taxi to terminal without any incidents. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the smoke came from the captain's audio panel and all audio on al communication units were lost from this position. The reporter said some wiring had burned on the instrument cooling fan which was discovered when the audio panel was replaced. The reporter said no circuit breakers were found tripped.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN EMBRAER 120 ON APCH AT 2800 FT DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAPT'S AUDIO PANEL.
Narrative: AS WE WERE BEING VECTORED ON BASE TO RWY 1R (ICT), ACR FLT XXX, ACFT XYZ, I NOTICED WISPS OF SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE CAPT'S AUDIO PANEL. WE NOTIFIED ATC AND ASKED TO BE VECTORED TO THE FINAL. ATC, UPON RECEPTION OF THIS INFO, DECLARED AN EMER AND CLRED US TO THE RWY. THEY HAD THE FIRE TRUCKS STANDING BY. THE SMOKE SUBSIDED SHORTLY AND WE WERE ABLE TO LAND SAFELY. WE WERE ABLE TO TAXI TO TERMINAL WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE SMOKE CAME FROM THE CAPT'S AUDIO PANEL AND ALL AUDIO ON AL COM UNITS WERE LOST FROM THIS POS. THE RPTR SAID SOME WIRING HAD BURNED ON THE INST COOLING FAN WHICH WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE AUDIO PANEL WAS REPLACED. THE RPTR SAID NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE FOUND TRIPPED.
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.