# Incident 20011227034219I: Boeing 777224, Newark, NJ, December 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2001, 11:42 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78005, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-224 (registry code 1385225, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE GE90-90B (registry code 30036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ge90-90b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777224
- People aboard: 282
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011227034219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 27, 2001 AT 1142 LOCAL, EWR ATCT REPORTED TO CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, B777, N78005 THAT FUEL WAS COMING FROM THE LEFT WING DURING TAKE OFF AND CLIMB OUT. THE CONTINENTAL FLIGHT CREW CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE LOSING FUEL AND ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO EWR. TEH FOLLOWING QUANTITIES WERE REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW: TAKE OFF FUEL: 232000 LBS, LANDING FUEL: 72000 LBS, AMOUNT DUMPED: 14000+LBS, DUMP RATE: 11000 LB PER MINUTE, ALTITUDE: 7000FT. THE FLIGHT CREW JETTISONED APPROXIMATELY 140,000+POUNDS OF FUEL NORTH AND WEST OF THE SPARTA, NJ VOR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. CONTINENTAL MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT SURGE TANK FLOAT VALVE AND THE LEFT OUTBOARD REFUEL VALVE FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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