2006-11 · NASA ASRS report 718936
L1011 CREW HAD MEDICAL EMER AND DIVERTS AFTER DUMPING FUEL.
I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE SENIOR FLT ATTENDANT THAT A CREW MEMBER IN THE BACK WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. WHILE TRYING TO CALL COMPANY MEDICS; OP; DEVIATING AROUND WX; WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER AND STARTED DUMPING FUEL. FE ADVISED ME THAT #2R DUMP VALVE DID NOT OPEN; I ASKED HIM TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO DUMP TO MAX LNDG WT. FE THEN ADVISED ME AGAIN THAT AFTER RESETTING CIRCUIT BREAKER; THE VALVE OPENED AND NOW WE ARE DUMPING NORMALLY. LANDED SAFELY; AND THE CREW MEMBER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE FUEL DUMP PROC WAS NOTED IN LOGBOOK WITH NO DISCREPANCY. ARRIVED TO ZZZ WITH 35000 LBS OF FUEL WITH LNDG WT OF 367000 LBS. RECEIVED A CALL FROM FLT MGR TO INFORM ME OF A POSSIBLE DISCREPANCY WITH FUEL. ARR FUEL TO BE 63000 LBS INSTEAD OF 35000 LBS; AN OVERWT LNDG THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF. AT THAT TIME WE DID NOT HAVE ANY REASON TO SUSPECT AN UPLIFT DISCREPANCY OR A POSSIBLE OVERWT LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE FLT MGR IS QUESTIONING THEIR LNDG FUEL. AS FAR AS HE KNOWS THEY LANDED WITH 35000 LBS OF FUEL; JUST UNDER MAX LNDG WT. THE DUMP VALVE WORKED NORMALLY AFTER THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET; AND THERE WAS NO REASON TO ENTER A DISCREPANCY IN THE LOGBOOK.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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