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Flight crew of an large transport dumped fuel and returned to land after a central air data computer circuit breaker popped and could not be reset.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 299549 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Thu |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 299549 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
CADC failure airborne. #2 CADC circuit breaker tripped at 200 ft after takeoff, unable to reset after cooling period. Dumped approximately 9000 pounds fuel and returned to land at mia.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LGT DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER A CENTRAL AIR DATA COMPUTER CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND COULD NOT BE RESET.
Narrative: CADC FAILURE AIRBORNE. #2 CADC CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AT 200 FT AFTER TKOF, UNABLE TO RESET AFTER COOLING PERIOD. DUMPED APPROX 9000 LBS FUEL AND RETURNED TO LAND AT MIA.
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.