A B757-200 returned to the field due to left engine surging. Aircraft landed overweight.

Attributes
ACN	590215
Time
Date	200308
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : c90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	590215
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 : left engine indications other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : landed as precaution
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During climb out with climb power selected, left engine surged. Followed procedure in QRH. Returned to ord. Landed overweight without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO L ENG SURGING. ACFT LANDED OVERWT.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT WITH CLB PWR SELECTED, L ENG SURGED. FOLLOWED PROC IN QRH. RETURNED TO ORD. LANDED OVERWT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.