A B757 first officer reports that following an emergency return to land because of hydraulic pump failure he was distraction by crf personnel and retracted the flaps early.

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Attributes
ACN	808192
Time
Date	200810
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	808192
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

We had lost our right engine hydraulic pump after departure; and declared the emergency for our return to ZZZ as we anticipated an overweight landing. Landing was uneventful. Taxied to gate immediately with no further problems. Captain informed me; as we walked up the jetbridge to join our replacement aircraft; that he believed I had begun flap retraction before we had completely exited the runway. This came as a surprise to me; as it is my policy to never start any after landing checklist items before completely clearing the runway. If this indeed happened; it may have occurred due to a distraction of crash fire rescue equipment equipment positioned just to our right as we exited the runway; as we were taking precautions to allow them to back away before completely exiting the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 FO RPTS THAT FOLLOWING AN EMER RETURN TO LAND BECAUSE OF HYD PUMP FAILURE HE WAS DISTR BY CRF PERSONNEL AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS EARLY.

Narrative: WE HAD LOST OUR R ENG HYD PUMP AFTER DEP; AND DECLARED THE EMER FOR OUR RETURN TO ZZZ AS WE ANTICIPATED AN OVERWT LNDG. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. TAXIED TO GATE IMMEDIATELY WITH NO FURTHER PROBS. CAPT INFORMED ME; AS WE WALKED UP THE JETBRIDGE TO JOIN OUR REPLACEMENT ACFT; THAT HE BELIEVED I HAD BEGUN FLAP RETRACTION BEFORE WE HAD COMPLETELY EXITED THE RWY. THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO ME; AS IT IS MY POLICY TO NEVER START ANY AFTER LNDG CHKLIST ITEMS BEFORE COMPLETELY CLRING THE RWY. IF THIS INDEED HAPPENED; IT MAY HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO A DISTR OF CFR EQUIP POSITIONED JUST TO OUR R AS WE EXITED THE RWY; AS WE WERE TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO ALLOW THEM TO BACK AWAY BEFORE COMPLETELY EXITING THE RWY.

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.