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A dead heading flight crew faulted the commuter airline flight crew for returning to their departure airport instead of landing at a nearer suitable airport after securing the left engine due to a bleed duct leak.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 856329 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pneumatic System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Passenger |
| Qualification | Other Dead Heading Pilot |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 73 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Passenger |
| Qualification | Other Dead Heading Pilot |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
This was a dead head flight on a commuter aircraft from sfo to ZZZ. Over concord; ca; approximately 15 minutes from departing sfo; the left engine is shut down for bleed duct leak warning. Captain makes PA and states we are returning to sfo. This surprised me since the nearest suitable airport was oak. Aircraft then proceeded over the san francisco bay; single engine; and entered a wide right downwind leg and extended base over the san mateo bridge for runway 28L at sfo. This took approx. 15 minutes. Flight was escorted by crash fire rescue equipment to the gate after landing. The flight crew did well securing the left engine per flight manual requirement but I feel they should not have taken this aircraft over a large water area when oak was the closest airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A dead heading flight crew faulted the commuter airline flight crew for returning to their departure airport instead of landing at a nearer suitable airport after securing the left engine due to a bleed duct leak.
Narrative: This was a dead head flight on a commuter aircraft from SFO to ZZZ. Over Concord; CA; approximately 15 minutes from departing SFO; the left engine is shut down for bleed duct leak warning. Captain makes PA and states we are returning to SFO. This surprised me since the nearest suitable airport was OAK. Aircraft then proceeded over the San Francisco bay; single engine; and entered a wide right downwind leg and extended base over the San Mateo bridge for Runway 28L at SFO. This took approx. 15 minutes. Flight was escorted by CFR to the gate after landing. The Flight Crew did well securing the left engine per flight manual requirement but I feel they should not have taken this aircraft over a large water area when OAK was the closest airport.
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.