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A transoceanic B767 is returned to the departure airport after takeoff because maintenance installed in incorrect aircraft component. An emergency was declared and an overweight landing accomplished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 835250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200905 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
We received an ACARS message from dispatcher that we were to return to our departure airport due to a maintenance issue. Apparently; maintenance installed an incorrect part and we could not proceed on our transoceanic. We were instructed to declare an emergency and make an overweight landing. We dumped fuel and landed about 30k pounds overweight. No big deal. I am writing this NASA report because the captain said he had some previous issue with the FAA concerning overweight landings. The captain did not trust the FAA or our air carrier to exclude us in their turf war over the issue of overweight landings.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A transoceanic B767 is returned to the departure airport after takeoff because maintenance installed in incorrect aircraft component. An emergency was declared and an overweight landing accomplished.
Narrative: We received an ACARS message from Dispatcher that we were to return to our departure airport due to a maintenance issue. Apparently; Maintenance installed an incorrect part and we could not proceed on our transoceanic. We were instructed to declare an emergency and make an overweight landing. We dumped fuel and landed about 30k LBS overweight. No big deal. I am writing this NASA report because the Captain said he had some previous issue with the FAA concerning overweight landings. The Captain did not trust the FAA or our air carrier to exclude us in their turf war over the issue of overweight landings.
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.