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A B737-500 crew detected an electrical smell in the cockpit on approach. An emergency was declared followed by an uneventful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 764743 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 764743 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time total : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 764741 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On downwind; smelled electrical odor in cockpit. Copilot smelled it soon after. We consulted smoke fume odor qrc; declared emergency; and landed in ZZZ. Taxied to gate and deplaned with no further indications.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 CREW DETECTED AN ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE COCKPIT ON APCH. AN EMER WAS DECLARED FOLLOWED BY AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
Narrative: ON DOWNWIND; SMELLED ELECTRICAL ODOR IN COCKPIT. COPLT SMELLED IT SOON AFTER. WE CONSULTED SMOKE FUME ODOR QRC; DECLARED EMER; AND LANDED IN ZZZ. TAXIED TO GATE AND DEPLANED WITH NO FURTHER INDICATIONS.
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.