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Attributes | |
ACN | 794886 |
Time | |
Date | 200806 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
State Reference | FO |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | A330 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude ground : maintenance |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 794886 |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Received ECAM warning at approximately 1 hour into flight. Contacted dispatch and maintenance control via sat. Was decided unable to proceed with bleed loss as our APU bleed was on MEL and would leave us only 1 bleed system. Dispatch requested we land at ZZZZ for repairs. Proceeded to ZZZZ; briefed crew and contacted operations at ZZZZ; made visual approach with overweight landing; runway 26L. Entered bleed leak and overweight landing in logbook. Maintenance repaired aircraft and we continued onto ZZZ. I believed it would be safer to land overweight since I did not know the extent of the right wing bleed leak.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A330 DEVELOPED A WING BLEED AIR LEAK IN FLT. THE CREW RETURNED FOR AN OVER WT LANDING BECAUSE THE EXTENT OF BLEED LEAK WAS UNKNOWN.
Narrative: RECEIVED ECAM WARNING AT APPROX 1 HR INTO FLT. CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL VIA SAT. WAS DECIDED UNABLE TO PROCEED WITH BLEED LOSS AS OUR APU BLEED WAS ON MEL AND WOULD LEAVE US ONLY 1 BLEED SYS. DISPATCH REQUESTED WE LAND AT ZZZZ FOR REPAIRS. PROCEEDED TO ZZZZ; BRIEFED CREW AND CONTACTED OPS AT ZZZZ; MADE VISUAL APCH WITH OVERWT LNDG; RWY 26L. ENTERED BLEED LEAK AND OVERWT LNDG IN LOGBOOK. MAINT REPAIRED ACFT AND WE CONTINUED ONTO ZZZ. I BELIEVED IT WOULD BE SAFER TO LAND OVERWT SINCE I DID NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE R WING BLEED LEAK.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.