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Aircraft equipment problem. Air carrier loses a portion of a major electrical bus with numerous electrically pwred equipment failures.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 310784 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199507 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : jfk |
| State Reference | NY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny tower : ric |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 310784 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| 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 |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
About 1/2 hour after departure from jfk for sju, we got a partial failure of #2 AC bus with multiple equipment failures. Contacted dispatch/tul technician, returned to jfk where we landed overweight under captain's emergency authority/authorized with a declared emergency. No problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. ACR LOSES A PORTION OF A MAJOR ELECTRICAL BUS WITH NUMEROUS ELECTRICALLY PWRED EQUIP FAILURES.
Narrative: ABOUT 1/2 HR AFTER DEP FROM JFK FOR SJU, WE GOT A PARTIAL FAILURE OF #2 AC BUS WITH MULTIPLE EQUIP FAILURES. CONTACTED DISPATCH/TUL TECHNICIAN, RETURNED TO JFK WHERE WE LANDED OVERWT UNDER CAPT'S EMER AUTH WITH A DECLARED EMER. NO PROBS.
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.