<< >> NASA ASRS Report 872563, February 2010

A B757-200's standby inverter failed during climb after takeoff. An emergency was declared and the crew returned to land at the departure airport.

Attributes
ACN	872563
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Inverter
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Climbing through 7000 ft we got a 'stby inverter' message. Declared an emergency and returned to the departure airport. It was an overweight landing and airfield rescue and fire fighting was called out. It was an uneventful landing and return to gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200's standby inverter failed during climb after takeoff. An emergency was declared and the crew returned to land at the departure airport.

Narrative: Climbing through 7000 FT we got a 'STBY INVERTER' message. Declared an Emergency and returned to the departure airport. It was an Overweight Landing and Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighting was called out. It was an uneventful landing and return to gate.

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.