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A B767-300 returned to its departure airport and landed overweight when the left main and totalizer fuel gauges failed during climbout.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 969117 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201109 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
On climbout during departure; the left fuel indicator 'blanked' out as well as the fuel totalizer. Unable to continue with the crossing. The decision was made to return to ZZZ. An emergency was declared because of the overweight landing. The rest of the event was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 returned to its departure airport and landed overweight when the left main and totalizer fuel gauges failed during climbout.
Narrative: On climbout during departure; the left fuel indicator 'blanked' out as well as the fuel totalizer. Unable to continue with the crossing. The decision was made to return to ZZZ. An emergency was declared because of the overweight landing. The rest of the event was uneventful.
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.