A320 first officer experiences a reverser fault during descent. After consulting the QRH; aom and ma...

Narrative:

At the start of our descent we had a number 2 reverser fault caution light. We ran QRH; resets; normal checklists and consulted the aom. The only guidance we found was in the aom. It dealt with the number 1 or 2 reverser fault. The action was to reduce thrust in the right engine. We called dispatch and maintenance and consulted as to the correct course of action. We involved a phone patch with our fleet manager. With their concurrence we confirmed and reduced thrust on the number 2 engine to idle. As a precaution and to ensure priority handling we declared an emergency with ATC. The aom guidance included language to land at the nearest suitable airport. By the time we had the situation under control we were only about fifty mile from the destination airport and still about 25;000 ft MSL. We felt the best course of action was to continue our descent and prepare for a straight in landing. It was already programmed and the runway is over 11;000 in length and 200 ft wide. We felt confident that this was the correct course of action. We used the single engine guidance from the aom and did a flap three landing. The emergency was really a non event with a positive outcome.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 First Officer experiences a reverser fault during descent. After consulting the QRH; AOM and Maintenance Control the crew elects to reduce the engine to idle and continue to destination after declaring an emergency.

Narrative: At the start of our descent we had a Number 2 Reverser fault caution light. We ran QRH; Resets; Normal Checklists and consulted the AOM. The only guidance we found was in the AOM. It dealt with the number 1 or 2 reverser fault. The action was to reduce thrust in the right engine. We called Dispatch and Maintenance and consulted as to the correct course of action. We involved a phone patch with our Fleet Manager. With their concurrence we confirmed and reduced thrust on the Number 2 Engine to idle. As a precaution and to ensure priority handling we declared an emergency with ATC. The AOM guidance included language to land at the nearest suitable airport. By the time we had the situation under control we were only about fifty mile from the destination airport and still about 25;000 FT MSL. We felt the best course of action was to continue our descent and prepare for a straight in landing. It was already programmed and the runway is over 11;000 in length and 200 FT wide. We felt confident that this was the correct course of action. We used the single engine guidance from the AOM and did a flap three landing. The emergency was really a non event with a positive outcome.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1140217
Time
Date	201401
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Component
Aircraft Component	Fan Reverser
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A320 first officer experiences a reverser fault during descent. After consulting the QRH; aom and maintenance control the crew elects to reduce the engine to idle and continue to destination after declaring an emergency.