Fuel dumped, return land in B767-200 due to split leading edge slat indication on takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	361097
Time
Date	199702
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	361097
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

ATC facility: ord tower. Location: ord runway 27L. Upon lift- off, leading edge slat assembly light on EICAS (engine indication and crew alerting system). Followed operations manual procedures, no joy. Dumped fuel and held to burn off more. Verified with dispatch and air carrier technician that climb limit and runway limit overweight landing limits for flaps 20 degrees were good. Landed ord runway 32L, no problems, smooth touchdown.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FUEL DUMPED, RETURN LAND IN B767-200 DUE TO SPLIT LEADING EDGE SLAT INDICATION ON TKOF.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: ORD TWR. LOCATION: ORD RWY 27L. UPON LIFT- OFF, LEADING EDGE SLAT ASSEMBLY LIGHT ON EICAS (ENG INDICATION AND CREW ALERTING SYS). FOLLOWED OPS MANUAL PROCS, NO JOY. DUMPED FUEL AND HELD TO BURN OFF MORE. VERIFIED WITH DISPATCH AND ACR TECHNICIAN THAT CLB LIMIT AND RWY LIMIT OVERWT LNDG LIMITS FOR FLAPS 20 DEGS WERE GOOD. LANDED ORD RWY 32L, NO PROBS, SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN.

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.