An emb-145 crew returned to the departure airport after a flight control vibration was felt and a lo...

Narrative:

During climbout the captain noticed a vibration in the control column when banking left. This vibration was also accompanied by a low tone; but loud vibration type noise that was noticed by the captain and I as well as the flight attendant and passengers. Due to the concern with a flight control issue/vibration we contacted dispatch to let them know of the issue and that we wanted to return back to the airport. The dispatcher acknowledged our ACARS and we returned back to the departure airport.possible flight control issue; communication between pilots as well as flight attendant; obtaining new clearance and workload management to get the aircraft; passengers and airport operations aware of our air return.the air return was well handled as the captain took over flying and some radio duties while I communicated with dispatch; maintenance and airport operations. The proper workload management that occurred on the flight deck aided open communication between both pilots as well as the flight attendant which also led to there not being a rushed sense in the cockpit but still had a sense of urgency. Keeping it slow; keeping lines of communication and simplified aided in a smooth precise air return. Overall threat and error management techniques learned through recurrent training played a huge role in aiding with a smooth safe air return.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EMB-145 crew returned to the departure airport after a flight control vibration was felt and a low frequency tone was heard during climbout in left turns.

Narrative: During climbout the Captain noticed a vibration in the control column when banking left. This vibration was also accompanied by a low tone; but loud vibration type noise that was noticed by the Captain and I as well as the Flight Attendant and passengers. Due to the concern with a flight control issue/vibration we contacted Dispatch to let them know of the issue and that we wanted to return back to the airport. The Dispatcher acknowledged our ACARS and we returned back to the departure airport.Possible flight control issue; communication between pilots as well as Flight Attendant; obtaining new clearance and workload management to get the aircraft; passengers and airport operations aware of our air return.The air return was well handled as the Captain took over flying and some radio duties while I communicated with Dispatch; Maintenance and airport Operations. The proper workload management that occurred on the flight deck aided open communication between both pilots as well as the Flight Attendant which also led to there not being a rushed sense in the cockpit but still had a sense of urgency. Keeping it slow; keeping lines of communication and simplified aided in a smooth precise air return. Overall threat and error management techniques learned through recurrent training played a huge role in aiding with a smooth safe air return.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1113702
Time
Date	201309
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aeroplane Flight Control
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An emb-145 crew returned to the departure airport after a flight control vibration was felt and a low frequency tone was heard during climbout in left turns.