Air carrier widebody transport engine flameout and engine surging at FL420.

Attributes
ACN	122097
Time
Date	198909
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cju
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 42000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : rktt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	122097
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Passing FL420 for FL430 #4 engine flamed out and #3 engine overtemped due to surge resulting from airflow distortion into engine. Immediate descent begun and both engines relit by FL350 and operated normally. Continued to destination (hkg) and engines operated normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB ENGINE FLAMEOUT AND ENGINE SURGING AT FL420.

Narrative: PASSING FL420 FOR FL430 #4 ENGINE FLAMED OUT AND #3 ENGINE OVERTEMPED DUE TO SURGE RESULTING FROM AIRFLOW DISTORTION INTO ENGINE. IMMEDIATE DSCNT BEGUN AND BOTH ENGINES RELIT BY FL350 AND OPERATED NORMALLY. CONTINUED TO DEST (HKG) AND ENGINES OPERATED NORMALLY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.