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A B767-300 captain reported fuel filter bypass message on climb out. Flight returned to departure airport for an overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 985131 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201112 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine Fuel Filter |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 11600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
On the climb out; rt engine fuel filter bypass EICAS message and rt engine fuel filter status message came on. Followed QRH checklist and returned to [departure airport]. We checked landing performance data for overweight landing with dispatch and decided to perform overweight landing. Weather was VFR; dry runway. Normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 Captain reported FUEL FILTER BYPASS message on climb out. Flight returned to departure airport for an overweight landing.
Narrative: On the climb out; RT ENG FUEL FILTER BYPASS EICAS message and RT ENG FUEL FILTER status message came on. Followed QRH checklist and returned to [departure airport]. We checked landing performance data for overweight landing with Dispatch and decided to perform overweight landing. Weather was VFR; dry runway. Normal landing.
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.