PLT DISTR SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RETURN LAND. ACFT EVAC STRANDED.

Date: 1992-03 · Aircraft: Medium Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng · Phase: climb

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT DISTR SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RETURN LAND. ACFT EVAC STRANDED.

Narrative

WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 9L AND ASKED TO MAKE AN EXPEDITED CLB THROUGH 2500 FT MSL ON OUR WAY TO 5000 FT. I BELIEVE THIS REQUEST WAS TO CLB ABOVE AN INBOUND HELI FROM THE E. AT APPROX 2200 FT THE FO (PF) CALLED FOR FLAPS 0 DEGS; CLB PWR; AFTER TKOF CHK. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; WE BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING HOT. I THOUGHT WE HAD FRIED AN ENG MEETING THE CLB REQUEST. SHORTLY THEREAFTER; SMOKE STARTED FILLING THE COCKPIT FROM THE FLOOR UP. AT THAT POINT I BELIEVE THE TWR WAS TOLD THAT WE HAD AN EMER WITH SMOKE FILLING THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. I QUESTION IF I USE THE WORDS 'ACR XY DECLARING AN EMER DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN.' APPROX ALT NOW 3500 TO 4000 FT. AT 4500 FT; THE TWR ASKED US IF WE COULD CLB TO 6000 FT. THE FO; WHO NOW IS USING HIS OXYGEN MASK; ADVISED 'YES; WE COULD MAKE THE CLB.' AT APPROX 4700 FT; I; WITH MY MASK ON; ADVISED THE CTLR AGAIN THAT WE WANTED PRIORITY HANDLING BECAUSE OF SMOKE COMING INTO THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. SOMEWHERE BTWN THAT XMISSION AND 6000 FT I WAS ADVISED THAT OIL WAS POURING FROM THE L ENG. I THEN PUT DOWN THE EMER CHKLIST FOR 'SMOKE IN THE CABIN' AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED ALL OF THE BLEEDS AND BOTH ACM PACKS 'OFF.' I DID NOT TELL THE FO TO PULL AND LOCK THE RAM AIR HANDLE. AT APPROX 3500 FT THE FLT ATTENDANTS CALLED UP AND TOLD US THAT THE CABIN WAS FILLING WITH SMOKE. I TOLD THEM THAT WE WERE RETURNING FOR A LNDG AND WERE GETTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT ALSO. GETTING BACK TO THE BLEEDS BEING SHUT OFF OUT OF SEQUENCE; I THOUGHT IT WAS THE THING TO DO RIGHT THEN; AS IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO GET THROUGH THE IN RANGE APCH AND LNDG CHKS WITHOUT COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM BY POSSIBLY LNDG GEAR UP OR SOMETHING. WE LANDED RWY 4R CLR AT THE HIGH SPD TURN OFF; STOP; SHUT DOWN; AND EVAC OUR PAX DOWN THE MAIN ENTRANCE FORWARD STAIRS. THE SMOKE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO 1 PROP SEAL SPLITTING AND DUMPING APPROX 16 PINTS OF PROP HUB OIL ALL OVER INCLUDING INTO THE ENG INTAKE AND ACM RAM AIR INTAKE. WE HAD PROBLEMS COMMUNICATING WITH TWO OXYGEN MASKS ON. MORE SO ON MY SIDE! THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND TWR WERE; I BELIEVE; UNABLE TO HEAR PROPERLY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET A READING ON THIS TAPE AS TO THE EXACT WORDS SPOKEN. ALSO; COULD YOU GIVEN THE TIME FROM TKOF TO LNDG AND PARKING FOR THE EVAC. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I SAID AND THE TIME SEEMED TO FLY! SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 205222: ON FIRST PWR REDUCTION AFTER TKOF THE COCKPIT AND CABIN STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE. DECLARED AN EMER. WE BOTH PUT ON OUR OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED AN EMER TO THE TWR AT ORD AND WAS ASKED IF WE COULD CLB TO 6000 FT. WE DID; THEN WERE GIVEN AN 180 DEGS VECTOR. THEN 240 DEGS FOR AN APCH TO 4R. WHILE WE'RE BEING VECTORED; THE CAPT IS PERFORMING THE EMER CHKLIST; IN RANGE; APCH AND LNDG CHKLIST. SEAL WAS SENT TO THE COMPANY FOR INSPECTION.

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