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An air carrier large transport had a partial slat failure. It landed overweight without declaring an emergency, against company procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245374 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199306 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 245374 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Takeoff out of miami, unable to retract slat #7. Returned for landing after completing abnormal checklist. We determined our landing would be at maximum landing weight plus or minus a few hundred pounds. We wound up landing 800 pounds over maximum landing weight. Our operations manual states to declare an emergency due to overweight landing. We didn't declare an emergency because we felt our weight would be within limits. We made a normal landing. We felt that the short approach that miami gave us contributed to the overweight landing. We thought that we were going to be safe landing whether we were a few hundred pounds over or under maximum landing weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR LGT HAD A PARTIAL SLAT FAILURE. IT LANDED OVERWT WITHOUT DECLARING AN EMER, AGAINST COMPANY PROC.
Narrative: TKOF OUT OF MIAMI, UNABLE TO RETRACT SLAT #7. RETURNED FOR LNDG AFTER COMPLETING ABNORMAL CHKLIST. WE DETERMINED OUR LNDG WOULD BE AT MAX LNDG WT PLUS OR MINUS A FEW HUNDRED LBS. WE WOUND UP LNDG 800 LBS OVER MAX LNDG WT. OUR OPS MANUAL STATES TO DECLARE AN EMER DUE TO OVERWT LNDG. WE DIDN'T DECLARE AN EMER BECAUSE WE FELT OUR WT WOULD BE WITHIN LIMITS. WE MADE A NORMAL LNDG. WE FELT THAT THE SHORT APCH THAT MIAMI GAVE US CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERWT LNDG. WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE SAFE LNDG WHETHER WE WERE A FEW HUNDRED LBS OVER OR UNDER MAX LNDG WT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.