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An A300-600 first officer reported that an emergency was declared, and a return land at mia was made, after the #2 engine fuel filter became clogged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 628871 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200408 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : dhp.vortac |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| 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 |
| ASRS Report | 628871 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On departure from mia, ECAM annunciated engine #2 fuel filter clog. Complied with all appropriate checklists. Elected to return to mia. Declared emergency due to overweight landing. At time of touchdown, sink rate was 100 FPM, aircraft weight 311.5. Crash fire rescue equipment visually inspected aircraft and no abnormalities were reported.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A300-600 FO RPTED THAT AN EMER WAS DECLARED, AND A RETURN LAND AT MIA WAS MADE, AFTER THE #2 ENG FUEL FILTER BECAME CLOGGED.
Narrative: ON DEP FROM MIA, ECAM ANNUNCIATED ENG #2 FUEL FILTER CLOG. COMPLIED WITH ALL APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. ELECTED TO RETURN TO MIA. DECLARED EMER DUE TO OVERWT LNDG. AT TIME OF TOUCHDOWN, SINK RATE WAS 100 FPM, ACFT WT 311.5. CFR VISUALLY INSPECTED ACFT AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE RPTED.
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.