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A md-80 fuel system would only feed from the right main tank and not from the center tank as configured. An emergency was declared with a return to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 822462 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 10000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 9250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Enroute from ZZZ to ZZZ1 at our first fuel checkpoint over abc VOR; we noticed that we were burning fuel from the right main tank. In the current configuration; all fuel should have been burning from the center tank only. We accomplished the appropriate abnormal procedures but were unable to stop fuel burn from the right tank. After a short consultation with dispatch and maintenance; I elected to return to ZZZ. Inbound to ZZZ I declared an emergency and asked for arff due to control questions resulting from excessive fuel imbalance. Accomplished uneventful overweight landing in ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MD-80 fuel system would only feed from the right main tank and not from the center tank as configured. An emergency was declared with a return to land.
Narrative: Enroute from ZZZ to ZZZ1 at our first fuel checkpoint over ABC VOR; we noticed that we were burning fuel from the right main tank. In the current configuration; all fuel should have been burning from the center tank only. We accomplished the appropriate abnormal procedures but were unable to stop fuel burn from the right tank. After a short consultation with Dispatch and Maintenance; I elected to return to ZZZ. Inbound to ZZZ I declared an emergency and asked for ARFF due to control questions resulting from excessive fuel imbalance. Accomplished uneventful overweight landing in ZZZ.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.