DC9 crew was told that fuel was venting from their aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	459930
Time
Date	200001
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Fog Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dtw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 3600
ASRS Report	459930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	459928
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On takeoff, tower notified us of fuel venting out right wingtip. Returned to detroit for a normal landing on runway 21R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 CREW WAS TOLD THAT FUEL WAS VENTING FROM THEIR ACFT.

Narrative: ON TKOF, TWR NOTIFIED US OF FUEL VENTING OUT R WINGTIP. RETURNED TO DETROIT FOR A NORMAL LNDG ON RWY 21R.

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.