C402 captain experienced a momentary engine failure while attempting to adjust the mixture after tak...

Attributes
ACN	1374049
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 402/402C/B379 Businessliner/Utiliner
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

We had just taken off and I was making a power reduction and when pulling back the mixture the fuel flow went below normal; 74 lb/hr the first officer asked what I was doing. I thought I had pulled it back too far and advanced the mixture a half inch thinking this would reverse the trend. It helped momentarily but then the fuel flow went back down. So I pushed the mixture farther forward. At this point the engine staggered. I went full forward on the mixture the engine now quit completely. The first officer announced 'no fuel flow; this is a failure.' I immediately went through the red box items and when turning the pump to high the engine came back to life. I flew and gave the first officer the QRH he went through it. I called approach and told them we needed to come back. We landed with no further problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C402 Captain experienced a momentary engine failure while attempting to adjust the mixture after takeoff. When the fuel pump was turned too high the engine came back to life. The crew elected to return to the departure airport.

Narrative: We had just taken off and I was making a power reduction and when pulling back the mixture the fuel flow went below normal; 74 lb/hr The First Officer asked what I was doing. I thought I had pulled it back too far and advanced the mixture a half inch thinking this would reverse the trend. It helped momentarily but then the fuel flow went back down. So I pushed the mixture farther forward. At this point the engine staggered. I went full forward on the mixture the engine now quit completely. The First Officer announced 'no fuel flow; this is a failure.' I immediately went through the red box items and when turning the pump to high the engine came back to life. I flew and gave the First Officer the QRH he went through it. I called approach and told them we needed to come back. We landed with no further problems.

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C402 captain experienced a momentary engine failure while attempting to adjust the mixture after takeoff. When the fuel pump was turned too high the engine came back to life. The crew elected to return to the departure airport.