Airliner 99
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Commercial
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport
Weather; Aircraft
With the Weather at 2 SM (Statue Miles) and snowing; as part of my pre-takeoff brief I acknowledged the low visibility and set the ILS Runway XXR frequencies in Nav1 and Nav2. Takeoff roll began and rotation went as normal; around 700 ft. AGL I started to notice a hot smell. Climbing out of about 1500-2000 ft. AGL. It was at this time I stared to see smoke coming out of the fuel gauges; I reacted by turning off the Master Light switch on the overhead panel. And then I ran the checklist for smoke in the cockpit. I [Requested Priority Handling] and requested the ILS Runway XXR which was given to me. I received vectors to the final approach course and came back and landed Runway XXR without any additional incident. Noticed a smell shortly after takeoff; and then saw smoke.Looked to be little water that got behind the fuel gauge. Turning off the electric load to the fuel gauges; and running the checklist.Preventing water from getting in the crew door as much as possible.
Pilot flying C-99 Aircraft encountered smoke in the cockpit after takeoff.