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B767-300 flight crew has fumes in cockpit with EICAS warning; declares emergency and diverts for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 709686 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 709686 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff; noticed very strong burning smell in cockpit. The smell increased in intensity. EICAS message 'forward equipment exhaust' fan followed by its circuit breaker popped. Declared emergency; leveled 6000 ft; had been cleared to 11000 ft. Returned and landed. Soft touchdown 150-200 FPM. Landing weight approximately 335000 pounds. Overweight landing logged.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 FLT CREW HAS FUMES IN COCKPIT WITH EICAS WARNING; DECLARES EMER AND DIVERTS FOR LNDG.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF; NOTICED VERY STRONG BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT. THE SMELL INCREASED IN INTENSITY. EICAS MESSAGE 'FORWARD EQUIP EXHAUST' FAN FOLLOWED BY ITS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. DECLARED EMER; LEVELED 6000 FT; HAD BEEN CLRED TO 11000 FT. RETURNED AND LANDED. SOFT TOUCHDOWN 150-200 FPM. LNDG WT APPROX 335000 LBS. OVERWT LNDG LOGGED.
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.