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A B757-200 flight crew received multiple EICAS fault messages and experienced the loss of multiple systems in part or in full shortly after takeoff. Only after completing the appropriate checklists with some difficulty were they able to return and land under emergency conditions. The overweight landing was uneventful.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 969634 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201109 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electrical Power |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 5500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
After take off at approximately 1000AGL we received numerous EICAS faults messages. Some flight instruments were inoperative. We cleaned up the aircraft; performed the after takeoff checklist and decided to return to our departure airport due to the severity of the electrical problem and loss of equipment cooling. There were no smoke; fumes or odor in the cabin or cockpit; only a relay cycling behind the first office. We declared an emergency; requested crash fire rescue equipment and advised maintenance control and dispatch with partial list of EICAS status messages (up to 16 of them). We briefed the flight attendants and moved a pilot jumpseater to the cabin to confirm the position of flaps and slats a couple of times because the flap indicator was inoperative. We then made an overweight but normal landing; released crash fire rescue equipment and taxied to the gate where we deplaned the passengers and briefed maintenance and the chief pilot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 Flight Crew received multiple EICAS fault messages and experienced the loss of multiple systems in part or in full shortly after takeoff. Only after completing the appropriate checklists with some difficulty were they able to return and land under emergency conditions. The overweight landing was uneventful.
Narrative: After take off at approximately 1000AGL we received numerous EICAS faults messages. Some flight instruments were inoperative. We cleaned up the aircraft; performed the after takeoff checklist and decided to return to our departure airport due to the severity of the electrical problem and loss of equipment cooling. There were no smoke; fumes or odor in the cabin or cockpit; only a relay cycling behind the First Office. We declared an emergency; requested CFR and advised Maintenance Control and Dispatch with partial list of EICAS status messages (up to 16 of them). We briefed the Flight Attendants and moved a pilot jumpseater to the cabin to confirm the position of flaps and slats a couple of times because the flap indicator was inoperative. We then made an overweight but normal landing; released CFR and taxied to the gate where we deplaned the passengers and briefed maintenance and the Chief Pilot.
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.