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BE90 declares emergency and lands after experiencing smoke filled cockpit due to malfunctioning cockpit lighting.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 805563 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| Altitude | msl single value : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Beechcraft Twin Turboprop Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 110 |
| ASRS Report | 805563 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
30 mi west of ZZZ; cockpit lights brightened; then smoke filled cockpit and cockpit lights went out. I ran through the emergency smoke in cockpit checklist; then contacted ATC and declared emergency. We landed at ZZZ without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE90 DECLARES EMERGENCY AND LANDS AFTER EXPERIENCING SMOKE FILLED COCKPIT DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING COCKPIT LIGHTING.
Narrative: 30 MI W OF ZZZ; COCKPIT LIGHTS BRIGHTENED; THEN SMOKE FILLED COCKPIT AND COCKPIT LIGHTS WENT OUT. I RAN THROUGH THE EMER SMOKE IN COCKPIT CHKLIST; THEN CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED EMER. WE LANDED AT ZZZ WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.