1988-08 · NASA ASRS report 92779
COMMUTER LTT PRECAUTIONARY LNDG DUE ELECTRICAL SMOKE FUMES.
IN CRUISE FLT OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT NIGHT; SMELLED ELECTRICAL TYPE BURNING AND FUMES. COMPLETED APPROPRIATE EMER CHKLIST. DECLARED EMER WITH ATC; ADVISE ZOA THAT I WOULD LIKE VECTORS TO CLOSEST ARPT (APPROPRIATE TO HANDLE ACFT). HANDED OVER TO MONTEREY APCH. THEY GAVE VECTOR FOR ILS 10 APCH. I TOLD APCH THAT I WOULD PROBABLY LOSE COMS (AFTER COMPLETE EMER CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED). THEY (APCH CTL) CLRED ME DIRECT TO MANSO (COMPASS LOCATOR) AND FOR ILS 10R APCH. I TOOK CONTROLS FROM COPLT BECAUSE HE HAS NO INSTRUMENTS WHEN ON EMER BUS. ONCE WE GOT CLOSE TO MRY I SAW WE COULD LAND ON RWY 28L IN VFR CONDITIONS. WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO INTO CLOUDS TO LAND RWY 10R AND EXECUTE THE INSTRUMENT APCH. I WAS UNABLE TO INFORM MRY APCH BECAUSE COM WAS LOST. I OVERFLEW ARPT TO ENTER RIGHT DOWNWIND (28) BECAUSE MOUNTAINS ARE HIGHER ON LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 28. MADE VISUAL APCH FOR RWY 28L. BECAUSE WE WERE ON EMER BUS WE HAD NO LIGHTS (LNDG; TAXI; NAV; BEACONS; ANTICOLLISION) AND NO FLAP CTL; SO IT WAS A FLAP UP LNDG. LANDED RWY 28L AND BROUGHT ACFT TO COMPLETE STOP ON RWY; EVACUATED PAX ON RWY BECAUSE SMELL WAS STILL PRESENT IN CABIN. PROB WAS CAUSED BY A PROB WITH CABIN FAN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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