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Captain of a B727-200 dumped fuel and returned to land after experiencing a wing slat control system disagreement warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390228 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 600 msl bound upper : 600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lax tower : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : lax |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 185 |
| ASRS Report | 390228 |
| 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 other other |
| Consequence | Other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Having a slat disagree and being over the landing weight, I had, as captain, to go back to lax, first of all, to dump fuel over sxc VOR, previous clearance, and land at the maximum landing weight for the B727-200.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B727-200 DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER EXPERIENCING A WING SLAT CTL SYS DISAGREEMENT WARNING.
Narrative: HAVING A SLAT DISAGREE AND BEING OVER THE LNDG WT, I HAD, AS CAPT, TO GO BACK TO LAX, FIRST OF ALL, TO DUMP FUEL OVER SXC VOR, PREVIOUS CLRNC, AND LAND AT THE MAX LNDG WT FOR THE B727-200.
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.