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A lear 35 flight crew took off with a fuel imbalance, resulting in excessive need for aileron control and a return for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 590987 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200308 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ttn.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Learjet 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 590987 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Departed ttn at XA00 local, experienced excessive need for aileron trim and control input, suspected fuel imbalance, and rigging problem on flight control, took corrective action to balance fuel, advised center and asked to return to ttn airport. Tower declared an in-flight emergency. Landed without further incident. Total flight time block to block .5 hours.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A LEAR 35 FLT CREW TOOK OFF WITH A FUEL IMBALANCE, RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE NEED FOR AILERON CTL AND A RETURN FOR LNDG.
Narrative: DEPARTED TTN AT XA00 LCL, EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE NEED FOR AILERON TRIM AND CTL INPUT, SUSPECTED FUEL IMBALANCE, AND RIGGING PROB ON FLT CTL, TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION TO BAL FUEL, ADVISED CTR AND ASKED TO RETURN TO TTN ARPT. TWR DECLARED AN INFLT EMER. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TOTAL FLT TIME BLOCK TO BLOCK .5 HRS.
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.