<< >> NASA ASRS Report 835632, May 2009

B767 captain is informed airborne that the wrong APU battery had been installed in his aircraft and they should dump fuel and return immediately.

Attributes
ACN	835632
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	DC Battery
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

Narrative:

Approximately one hour after takeoff I was contacted by ACARS and informed that the flight was to return to the departure airport. I contacted dispatch (who conferred with the dispatch supervisor and the 767 mechanic in maintenance control) and was told I had a problem with the APU battery and should declare an emergency and land overweight. After dumping all fuel from center tank and declaring an emergency an overweight landing was performed without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Captain is informed airborne that the wrong APU battery had been installed in his aircraft and they should dump fuel and return immediately.

Narrative: Approximately one hour after takeoff I was contacted by ACARS and informed that the flight was to return to the departure airport. I contacted Dispatch (who conferred with the Dispatch Supervisor and the 767 Mechanic in Maintenance Control) and was told I had a problem with the APU battery and should declare an emergency and land overweight. After dumping all fuel from center tank and declaring an emergency an overweight landing was performed without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.