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B727 has power loss on takeoff at dtw, mi. Fuel is dumped, emergency declared, and return to airport is uneventful with engine operating at reduced power.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 462547 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw.tower tower : pit.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13500 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 462547 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3850 flight time type : 750 |
| ASRS Report | 462546 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng fail light other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Immediately after takeoff, #1 engine lost partial thrust. Coordinated with ATC and dumped fuel at 10000 ft over lake erie. Emergency declared. Returned to dtw airport for landing. Suspect fuel control problem. Supplemental information from acn 462548: we continued to run #1 engine normally at a low power setting. Dispatch and maintenance control were notified. We climbed to 10000 ft and dumped fuel with ATC coordination. Supplemental information from acn 462546: we leveled off at 5000 ft to assess the situation and decided to return to detroit. Engine indications at lower thrust settings seemed normal. Climbed to 10000 ft to dump fuel to landing weight of 150000 pounds. Declared an emergency as a precaution and equipment was standing by. A normal landing was made.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 HAS PWR LOSS ON TKOF AT DTW, MI. FUEL IS DUMPED, EMER DECLARED, AND RETURN TO ARPT IS UNEVENTFUL WITH ENG OPERATING AT REDUCED PWR.
Narrative: IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF, #1 ENG LOST PARTIAL THRUST. COORDINATED WITH ATC AND DUMPED FUEL AT 10000 FT OVER LAKE ERIE. EMER DECLARED. RETURNED TO DTW ARPT FOR LNDG. SUSPECT FUEL CTL PROB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 462548: WE CONTINUED TO RUN #1 ENG NORMALLY AT A LOW PWR SETTING. DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL WERE NOTIFIED. WE CLBED TO 10000 FT AND DUMPED FUEL WITH ATC COORD. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 462546: WE LEVELED OFF AT 5000 FT TO ASSESS THE SIT AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO DETROIT. ENG INDICATIONS AT LOWER THRUST SETTINGS SEEMED NORMAL. CLBED TO 10000 FT TO DUMP FUEL TO LNDG WT OF 150000 LBS. DECLARED AN EMER AS A PRECAUTION AND EQUIP WAS STANDING BY. A NORMAL LNDG WAS MADE.
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.