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B757-200 flight crew experience significant engine vibration climbing out of 6;000 ft and elect to return to the departure airport for an overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1019202 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201206 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Climbing out of 6;000 ft we felt significant vibration coming from left engine; leveled off at 6;500 ft; contacted ATC and declared an emergency; talked to dispatch they concurred with returning. Approach vectored us away from the airport initially and we made numerous attempts to get them to turn us toward the airport. Returned and made overweight landing without incident and taxied in.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757-200 flight crew experience significant engine vibration climbing out of 6;000 FT and elect to return to the departure airport for an overweight landing.
Narrative: Climbing out of 6;000 FT we felt significant vibration coming from left engine; leveled off at 6;500 FT; contacted ATC and declared an emergency; talked to Dispatch they concurred with returning. Approach vectored us away from the airport initially and we made numerous attempts to get them to turn us toward the airport. Returned and made overweight landing without incident and taxied in.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.