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Flight crew of medium large transport returned and landed after advised by another flight crew and tower that they were losing fuel during departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 276236 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199407 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1203 msl bound upper : 8800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pit |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zob |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5700 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 276236 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight pit-ord. On takeoff from runway 28R pit an aircraft on ground said we had 'something coming off wings.' tower reiterated statement. At approximately 500 ft the mdfu gave a fuel automatic feed fault. We had been handed off to departure, then to ZOB. Told center we wanted to return back to pit. We descended back down to 8000 ft (received clearance passing near 8800 ft). Requested emergency equipment for landing as a precaution. Fuel had been siphoning out of drains. Landed without incident and returned to gate. Checked fueling panel and found that the fueler had not properly closed switches panel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF MLG RETURNED AND LANDED AFTER ADVISED BY ANOTHER FLC AND TWR THAT THEY WERE LOSING FUEL DURING DEP.
Narrative: FLT PIT-ORD. ON TKOF FROM RWY 28R PIT AN ACFT ON GND SAID WE HAD 'SOMETHING COMING OFF WINGS.' TWR REITERATED STATEMENT. AT APPROX 500 FT THE MDFU GAVE A FUEL AUTO FEED FAULT. WE HAD BEEN HANDED OFF TO DEP, THEN TO ZOB. TOLD CTR WE WANTED TO RETURN BACK TO PIT. WE DSNDED BACK DOWN TO 8000 FT (RECEIVED CLRNC PASSING NEAR 8800 FT). REQUESTED EMER EQUIP FOR LNDG AS A PRECAUTION. FUEL HAD BEEN SIPHONING OUT OF DRAINS. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND RETURNED TO GATE. CHKED FUELING PANEL AND FOUND THAT THE FUELER HAD NOT PROPERLY CLOSED SWITCHES PANEL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.