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When the left engine reverser and master caution lights illuminated shortly after takeoff the flight crew elected to return to their departure airport for maintenance attention.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1029180 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201208 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine Thrust Reverser |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
As we rotated the left engine reverser light and master caution illuminated. We leveled at 5;000 MSL; completed the climb check and ran the QRH. We contacted the company and maintenance said the reverser should not deploy. However; a QRH note said additional system failures may cause in flight deployment thus; although maintenance said it would be ok to continue; the first officer and I agreed it was not safe to fly three hours over water. We all agreed for safety of flight to return and fix the problem. We completed an in range and approach brief; landed; and wrote up the reverser and our overweight landingafter landing the left engine reverser was pinned and an overweight landing check completed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: When the left engine reverser and master caution lights illuminated shortly after takeoff the flight crew elected to return to their departure airport for maintenance attention.
Narrative: As we rotated the Left Engine reverser light and master caution illuminated. We leveled at 5;000 MSL; completed the climb check and ran the QRH. We contacted the Company and Maintenance said the reverser should not deploy. However; a QRH note said additional system failures may cause in flight deployment thus; although Maintenance said it would be OK to continue; the First Officer and I agreed it was not safe to fly three hours over water. We all agreed for safety of flight to return and fix the problem. We completed an in range and approach brief; landed; and wrote up the reverser and our overweight landingAfter landing the left engine reverser was pinned and an overweight landing check completed.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.