EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft; Human Factors
During the climbout; the EICAS message Pack 2 OVLD appeared 3 times; but cleared itself within 5 seconds. Upon appearing the 4th time; we ran the QRH for Pack Overload. It lead us to turning the temp knob to the 12 o'clock position and turn the pack off. After waiting 2 of the 3 minutes required by the QRH; the flight crew smelled smoke and saw smoke in the cockpit. We followed the procedure for smoke in cockpit and called the Flight Attendant (FA). She confirmed that there was also smoke in the cabin. We diverted to a nearby airport and were met by Emergency Personnel. They stated that there was no smoke or fire coming from the airplane. At this time the smoke had disappeared; so we taxied to the gate and deplaned.Threats included; smoke in cockpit and cabin; extreme workload; emergency decent; noise level in cockpit while wearing oxygen mask; an EICAS message misleading us to figure out what was wrong. Errors included not finishing QRH before landing.After tracking down previous crew to fly this aircraft; it was discovered that they had experienced pack related anomalies the day before and had not written anything up. It should be recognized that the constant barrage of the phrase 'On-time Performance' may be developing a culture among crew members to believe that the company values performance over safety. Therefore even if something is recognized as requiring safety; it should be overlooked in order to protect our on-time performance; our contracts and our jobs.
During climbout; crew of an EMB-145 received an EICAS warning for an air conditioning Pack and ran the appropriate QRH checklist. The crew detected smoke and diverted to a nearby airport.