<< >> NASA ASRS Report 956972, July 2011

A CE560's inverter #1 failed after takeoff so the crew returned to land but did not declare an emergency.

Attributes
ACN	956972
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation V/Ultra/Encore (C560)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Inverter
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After departing on runway xx we experienced an inverter #1 failure accompanied by an AC fail annunciator triggering a master warning. Pilot not flying notified ATC of our request to return back to the departure airport. A new clearance was issued an an uneventful landing was made to runway xx. Flight crew did not accept any emergency handling by ATC.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CE560's inverter #1 failed after takeoff so the crew returned to land but did not declare an emergency.

Narrative: After departing on Runway XX we experienced an Inverter #1 failure accompanied by an AC fail annunciator triggering a Master Warning. Pilot not Flying notified ATC of our request to return back to the departure airport. A new clearance was issued an an uneventful landing was made to Runway XX. Flight crew did not accept any emergency handling by ATC.

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.