Narrative:

Had a low oil pressure indication; followed by a suspected fume event. Returned to departure airport. Landed overweight and did not declare an emergency. Cause: did not have time to refer to fom. QRH did not contain required declaration guidance in the overweight landing procedure. Suggestions: there is a full page of 'additional information' attached to the overweight landing procedure in the 757 QRH. It would be helpful to add a reminder that; at [company]; per fom; a declaration of emergency with ATC is required for all overweight landings. It would have also been great if the dispatcher had the procedure/authority to declare for the flight as we were able to communicate we were returning and were overweight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew reported experiencing a low oil pressure indication followed by fumes in the cockpit. Flight crew decided to return to the departure airport and executed an undeclared overweight landing.

Narrative: Had a Low Oil Pressure indication; followed by a suspected fume event. Returned to departure airport. Landed overweight and did not declare an emergency. Cause: did not have time to refer to FOM. QRH did not contain required declaration guidance in the overweight landing procedure. Suggestions: there is a full page of 'additional information' attached to the Overweight Landing Procedure in the 757 QRH. It would be helpful to add a reminder that; at [company]; per FOM; a declaration of emergency with ATC is required for all overweight landings. It would have also been great if the Dispatcher had the procedure/authority to declare for the flight as we were able to communicate we were returning and were overweight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.