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An erj-170 flight crew experience a burning electrical smell in the cockpit resulting in an emergency landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 620227 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200406 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : syr.vortac |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 27000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 9900 flight time type : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 620227 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At FL270, approximately 100 NM southwest of syr, burning electrical smell in cockpit. Put on oxygen, declared emergency, ran checklists. Landed syr, normal landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the burning electrical smell was generated from a modular avionics box that got hot enough to melt some of the components. After the flight crew got to the gate, they wrote up the aircraft and it was grounded until maintenance fixed the problem. It was the first time that this pilot experienced this type of event. However, the reporter is new to the aircraft and he said that the reliability was poor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ERJ-170 FLT CREW EXPERIENCE A BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE COCKPIT RESULTING IN AN EMER LNDG.
Narrative: AT FL270, APPROX 100 NM SW OF SYR, BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT. PUT ON OXYGEN, DECLARED EMER, RAN CHKLISTS. LANDED SYR, NORMAL LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS GENERATED FROM A MODULAR AVIONICS BOX THAT GOT HOT ENOUGH TO MELT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS. AFTER THE FLT CREW GOT TO THE GATE, THEY WROTE UP THE ACFT AND IT WAS GNDED UNTIL MAINT FIXED THE PROB. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS PLT EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF EVENT. HOWEVER, THE RPTR IS NEW TO THE ACFT AND HE SAID THAT THE RELIABILITY WAS POOR.
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.