Smoke in the cockpit coming from the flight engineer's seat.

Attributes
ACN	547838
Time
Date	200205
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc.airport
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : phl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 10
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	547838
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	faa : investigated other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : non availability of parts performance deficiency : repair
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Smoke in cockpit. Performed all checklists. Found smoke coming from flight engineer's seat. Removed power, declared emergency, diverted to slc. Uneventful landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the seat had been installed 2 days previously. It had been involved in a previous incident of smoke when it was installed on a different aircraft. Initially, the fault was thought to be in the control switch, but that was found to be ok. The second suspected problem was the motor. At this point the seat has been removed for further investigation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COMING FROM THE FE'S SEAT.

Narrative: SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PERFORMED ALL CHKLISTS. FOUND SMOKE COMING FROM FE'S SEAT. REMOVED PWR, DECLARED EMER, DIVERTED TO SLC. UNEVENTFUL LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE SEAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED 2 DAYS PREVIOUSLY. IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A PREVIOUS INCIDENT OF SMOKE WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED ON A DIFFERENT ACFT. INITIALLY, THE FAULT WAS THOUGHT TO BE IN THE CTL SWITCH, BUT THAT WAS FOUND TO BE OK. THE SECOND SUSPECTED PROB WAS THE MOTOR. AT THIS POINT THE SEAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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.