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A CRJ200 flight crew experienced extreme airframe vibration after takeoff. They declared an emergency and returned to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 816388 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 1150 flight time type : 650 |
| ASRS Report | 816388 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On takeoff; around 200 ft; the airplane started vibrating extremely for about 5 seconds. Not knowing what just happened; the captain declared emergency. I (the first officer) was flying the airplane. Tower gave us a quick vector back to the airport where we landed safely. No evacuation was needed; however; the fire trucks were waiting for us. After an inspection done by the ground crew; we taxied back to gate. The airplane was taken back to the hangar and the crew was released from duty. Not knowing what happened on takeoff; I'm extremely confident that declaring emergency was a good option. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that he is still unaware of the cause of the airframe vibration.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CRJ200 flight crew experienced extreme airframe vibration after takeoff. They declared an emergency and returned to land.
Narrative: On takeoff; around 200 FT; the airplane started vibrating extremely for about 5 seconds. Not knowing what just happened; the Captain declared emergency. I (the First Officer) was flying the airplane. Tower gave us a quick vector back to the airport where we landed safely. No evacuation was needed; however; the fire trucks were waiting for us. After an inspection done by the Ground Crew; we taxied back to gate. The airplane was taken back to the hangar and the crew was released from duty. Not knowing what happened on takeoff; I'm extremely confident that declaring emergency was a good option. Callback conversation with Reporter revealed the following information: Reporter stated that he is still unaware of the cause of the airframe vibration.
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.