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Super MD80 flight crew return land after aircraft's roll to left. Maintenance found improper fueling created imbal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536536 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 536536 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 536535 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel quantity gauges other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
After takeoff, aircraft wanted to roll left. After climbing to assure terrain clearance, contacted dispatch to coordination return. After arrival, maintenance found improper fueling created unbalanced load. Aircraft refueled, deiced and departed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SUPER MD80 FLC RETURN LAND AFTER ACFT'S ROLL TO L. MAINT FOUND IMPROPER FUELING CREATED IMBAL.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, ACFT WANTED TO ROLL L. AFTER CLBING TO ASSURE TERRAIN CLRNC, CONTACTED DISPATCH TO COORD RETURN. AFTER ARR, MAINT FOUND IMPROPER FUELING CREATED UNBALANCED LOAD. ACFT REFUELED, DEICED AND DEPARTED.
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.