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An MD11 in climb had aircraft 'deflected aileron' system malfunction warning. Unable to correct malfunction. Dumped fuel and diverted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 601580 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : relief pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 14800 flight time type : 1300 |
| ASRS Report | 601580 |
| 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 : aileron deflection warning other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On departure/climb from ZZZZ to ZZZ, aircraft's 'deflected aileron' system malfunctioned, and would not return to normal position after takeoff. All appropriate checklists were followed and malfunction would not correct. Checklist required aircraft to land at nearest suitable airport. This required aircraft to 'dump fuel' and return to ZZZZ. Advised ATC, dumped fuel, and returned to ZZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD11 IN CLB HAD ACFT 'DEFLECTED AILERON' SYS MALFUNCTION WARNING. UNABLE TO CORRECT MALFUNCTION. DUMPED FUEL AND DIVERTED.
Narrative: ON DEP/CLB FROM ZZZZ TO ZZZ, ACFT'S 'DEFLECTED AILERON' SYS MALFUNCTIONED, AND WOULD NOT RETURN TO NORMAL POS AFTER TKOF. ALL APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS WERE FOLLOWED AND MALFUNCTION WOULD NOT CORRECT. CHKLIST REQUIRED ACFT TO LAND AT NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. THIS REQUIRED ACFT TO 'DUMP FUEL' AND RETURN TO ZZZZ. ADVISED ATC, DUMPED FUEL, AND RETURNED TO ZZZZ.
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.