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EMB145 flight crew smells smoke in cockpit; followed by lavatory smoke EICAS. Emergency was declared and a successful return to departure airport was completed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 691057 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Snow |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 691057 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Immediately after departure from ZZZ; we smelled smoke in the cockpit. Within approximately 1 min the lavatory smoke warning went off on the EICAS and in the rear of the aircraft. We proceeded to do and complete all appropriate emergency and normal checklists. Declared an emergency and returned for immediate landing at ZZZ. Crash fire rescue equipment examined the aircraft upon landing; we taxied to the gate. The passenger were offloaded at the gate and crash fire rescue equipment inspected the aircraft with thermal imager. Nothing found on thermal imager.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB145 FLT CREW SMELLS SMOKE IN COCKPIT; FOLLOWED BY LAVATORY SMOKE EICAS. EMER WAS DECLARED AND A SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO DEP ARPT WAS COMPLETED.
Narrative: IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEP FROM ZZZ; WE SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. WITHIN APPROX 1 MIN THE LAVATORY SMOKE WARNING WENT OFF ON THE EICAS AND IN THE REAR OF THE ACFT. WE PROCEEDED TO DO AND COMPLETE ALL APPROPRIATE EMER AND NORMAL CHKLISTS. DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED FOR IMMEDIATE LNDG AT ZZZ. CFR EXAMINED THE ACFT UPON LNDG; WE TAXIED TO THE GATE. THE PAX WERE OFFLOADED AT THE GATE AND CFR INSPECTED THE ACFT WITH THERMAL IMAGER. NOTHING FOUND ON THERMAL IMAGER.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.