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Attributes | |
ACN | 1485642 |
Time | |
Date | 201708 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | A300 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 12600 Flight Crew Type 4400 |
Person 2 | |
Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 13000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
In rear of aircraft for crew meal; first officer flying the aircraft; came to cockpit and noted fuel flow needles flickering. Noted fuel flow indicator-as well as outer tank indicators show zero-however; inner tanks had good quantity and burning normal-tank to engine; valves green; all ok. Earlier in the flight the outer tanks (both lh & rh) had ECAM message which showed low; however we did not burn from outers and did not transfer fuel. No fuel leak was indicated; so continued as per checklist. #2; rh engine flamed out. [Advised ATC] and requested divert. ATC gave good vectors and landed uneventful.aircraft is designed to fly tank to engine and burn from all tanks; thus tank to engine inner tank is good.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 flight crew reported an engine flamed out during cruise due to possible fuel issue.
Narrative: In rear of Aircraft for Crew meal; First Officer flying the aircraft; came to cockpit and noted Fuel flow needles flickering. Noted fuel flow indicator-as well as Outer tank indicators show zero-however; Inner tanks had good quantity and burning normal-tank to engine; valves green; all ok. Earlier in the flight the outer tanks (both LH & RH) had ECAM message which showed low; however we did not burn from Outers and did not transfer fuel. No fuel leak was indicated; so continued as per checklist. #2; RH engine flamed out. [Advised ATC] and requested divert. ATC gave good vectors and landed uneventful.Aircraft is designed to fly tank to engine and burn from all tanks; thus tank to engine inner tank is good.
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.