Engine 'fuel clog light' illuminated during initial climbout on an A300. Flight crew declared an emergency for overweight landing at departure airport.

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Attributes
ACN	779070
Time
Date	200803
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	779070
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	779069
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed as precaution other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

My (first officer) takeoff; at 1000 ft the #1/left engine fuel clog light illuminated along with ECAM alert. I flew while captain did the checklist items. I reduced the throttles and the warning went out. Emergency declared with approach. Dispatch notified. Captain took landing. Overweight landing at 319800 pounds. Emergency declared due to overweight landing. Flight landed uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG 'FUEL CLOG LIGHT' ILLUMINATED DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT ON AN A300. FLT CREW DECLARED AN EMER FOR OVERWEIGHT LNDG AT DEP ARPT.

Narrative: MY (FO) TKOF; AT 1000 FT THE #1/L ENG FUEL CLOG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH ECAM ALERT. I FLEW WHILE CAPT DID THE CHKLIST ITEMS. I REDUCED THE THROTTLES AND THE WARNING WENT OUT. EMER DECLARED WITH APCH. DISPATCH NOTIFIED. CAPT TOOK LNDG. OVERWT LNDG AT 319800 LBS. EMER DECLARED DUE TO OVERWT LNDG. FLT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.