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Emergency declared and a return overweight landing mandated for a B757-200 flight crew when a leading edge flap disagreement warning alerts them to an unusual aircraft confign after takeoff from ord, il.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 575315 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ord.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 575315 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff, EICAS leading edge slat disagreement. Flap indicator needle was between 'up' and '1.' followed irregular checklist. Communicated with dispatch and maintenance. Declared emergency and returned to ord uneventfully with a flap 20 degree landing (smooth) at 202000 pounds (4000 pounds over maximum landing weight). Rollout normal, returned to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMER DECLARED AND A RETURN OVERWT LNDG MANDATED FOR A B757-200 FLT CREW WHEN A LEADING EDGE FLAP DISAGREEMENT WARNING ALERTS THEM TO AN UNUSUAL ACFT CONFIGN AFTER TKOF FROM ORD, IL.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, EICAS LEADING EDGE SLAT DISAGREEMENT. FLAP INDICATOR NEEDLE WAS BTWN 'UP' AND '1.' FOLLOWED IRREGULAR CHKLIST. COMMUNICATED WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT. DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO ORD UNEVENTFULLY WITH A FLAP 20 DEG LNDG (SMOOTH) AT 202000 LBS (4000 LBS OVER MAX LNDG WT). ROLLOUT NORMAL, RETURNED TO 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.