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B757 flight crew on takeoff are unable to retract the leading edge slats. They declare an emergency and return land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 575190 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ord.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 575190 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to alternate flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Leading edge flap did not retract after takeoff. Ran all checklists and returned to ord. Requested long runway for landing and declared emergency due to high approach speed, 170 KIAS, and made uneventful overweight landing, 202000 pounds. Rolled to end of runway. Didn't use brake until 100 KTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLT CREW ON TKOF ARE UNABLE TO RETRACT THE LEADING EDGE SLATS. THEY DECLARE AN EMER AND RETURN LAND.
Narrative: LEADING EDGE FLAP DID NOT RETRACT AFTER TKOF. RAN ALL CHKLISTS AND RETURNED TO ORD. REQUESTED LONG RWY FOR LNDG AND DECLARED EMER DUE TO HIGH APCH SPD, 170 KIAS, AND MADE UNEVENTFUL OVERWT LNDG, 202000 LBS. ROLLED TO END OF RWY. DIDN'T USE BRAKE UNTIL 100 KTS.
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.