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An air carrier flight crew experienced a fuel leak shortly after takeoff. They declared an emergency and returned to their departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 753282 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 |
| ASRS Report | 753281 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 753283 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Immediately after takeoff; tower notified us of fluid leak from the left wing area. This aircraft had a history of 3 previous fuel leak write-ups. I declared an emergency; returned to ZZZ; landed overweight at 149000 pounds; normal sink rate and touchdown. We stopped on the runway for inspection by crash fire rescue equipment crew; noting nothing abnormal. Taxied to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A FUEL LEAK SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THEIR DEP ARPT.
Narrative: IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF; TWR NOTIFIED US OF FLUID LEAK FROM THE L WING AREA. THIS ACFT HAD A HISTORY OF 3 PREVIOUS FUEL LEAK WRITE-UPS. I DECLARED AN EMER; RETURNED TO ZZZ; LANDED OVERWT AT 149000 LBS; NORMAL SINK RATE AND TOUCHDOWN. WE STOPPED ON THE RWY FOR INSPECTION BY CFR CREW; NOTING NOTHING ABNORMAL. TAXIED TO GATE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.