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B737-800 crew had an apparent fuel leak. The crew declared an emergency and made an overweight landing at the departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 553717 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200207 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dwh.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 553717 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel quantity indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Emergency declared, apparent fuel leak, return to base. On climb out, right wing quantity was decreasing at rapid rate when center tank fuel being used. Emergency declared and returned to mia. Overweight landing and taxi with fuel out of balance occurred and written up. No evidence of fuel leak when at gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-800 CREW HAD AN APPARENT FUEL LEAK. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMER AND MADE AN OVERWT LNDG AT THE DEP ARPT.
Narrative: EMER DECLARED, APPARENT FUEL LEAK, RETURN TO BASE. ON CLBOUT, R WING QUANTITY WAS DECREASING AT RAPID RATE WHEN CTR TANK FUEL BEING USED. EMER DECLARED AND RETURNED TO MIA. OVERWT LNDG AND TAXI WITH FUEL OUT OF BAL OCCURRED AND WRITTEN UP. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAK WHEN AT GATE.
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.