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The flight crew of a B767-300 suffered a left engine flame-out in cruise flight at FL320; performed an inflight shut down and an unsuccessful relight procedure; declared an emergency and diverted to a safe landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1239343 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
After takeoff we climbed to FL320 and [a little later] the captain informed me we had a fuel config light and he was going to balance the fuel. When I looked at the EICAS display I noticed left engine messages associated with an engine failure and engine ni; N2; EPR winding down. I advised the captain (ca) of engine status. I also noticed the auto throttles retarding towards idle and informed the ca I was turning the autothrottle arm switch off and he advanced operating engine back towards mct (max cruise thrust). The ca called for the engine failure checklist and after talking to ATC and [advising of our situation] and requesting vectors to a nearby airport it was performed and completed. We attempted an inflight restart with no success. During descent checked fuel balance per the non-normal checklist. Got vectors for an ILS; completed deferred items on the checklist and landed normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The flight crew of a B767-300 suffered a left engine flame-out in cruise flight at FL320; performed an inflight shut down and an unsuccessful relight procedure; declared an emergency and diverted to a safe landing.
Narrative: After takeoff we climbed to FL320 and [a little later] the Captain informed me we had a fuel config light and he was going to balance the fuel. When I looked at the EICAS display I noticed left engine messages associated with an engine failure and engine NI; N2; EPR winding down. I advised the Captain (CA) of engine status. I also noticed the auto throttles retarding towards idle and informed the CA I was turning the autothrottle arm switch off and he advanced operating engine back towards MCT (max cruise thrust). The CA called for the engine failure checklist and after talking to ATC and [advising of our situation] and requesting vectors to a nearby airport it was performed and completed. We attempted an inflight restart with no success. During descent checked fuel balance per the non-normal checklist. Got vectors for an ILS; completed deferred items on the checklist and landed normally.
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.