B767-300 flight crew reported that during routine cross feed functions; the first officer did not op...

Narrative:

I asked the captain if I could balance the fuel between the left- and right-wing tanks. With the captain's concurrence; I switched off both fuel pumps on the aircraft's lowest fuel tank which was the left wing. The captain then proceeded to tell me that I needed to open the cross-feed valves as well. I then pressed the upper positioned switch to open the aft cross-feed valve and just before completing the full pressing of the lower positioned switch for the forward cross-feed valve; the captain stated that the left engine had failed.after the transferring of the flight controls to the captain; I observed the left engine's N2 and fuel flow operating normally; in addition to the egt operating in a normal area of its white colored mid-ranged arc. However; the N1 was nowhere near normal as it was in the lower range of its arc below cruise RPM. The captain then directed me to request a lower altitude and ATC cleared us to FL310. Thereafter; the captain directed me to put the ignition selector to the 'flight' position; which I did. The N1 began accelerating and as the captain moved the thrust lever a minute amount forward; the egt started to climb and reached 788 deg C for about one second. The captain retarded the lever to idle and directed me to return the ignition selector back to 'automatic;' then called for the QRH. The captain also asked our jump-seater; a 747 captain; to follow along in the QRH to assure correct continuity and to avoid erroneous deviation. When I confirmed and shut off the fuel switch and then cycled it back to on; the air-start envelope had data appeared in the EICAS display. Upon reaching FL310; we restarted the left engine per the QRH without abnormality. After transferring the flight controls back; we requested a higher flight level and received FL390. We then continued the flight to without incident. Always open the cross feed valves first; 2) always call for the QRH first before troubleshooting anything.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 flight crew reported that during routine cross feed functions; the First Officer did not open cross feed valves prior to turning fuel pumps off; flaming out the N1 engine.

Narrative: I asked the captain if I could balance the fuel between the left- and right-wing tanks. With the Captain's concurrence; I switched off both fuel pumps on the aircraft's lowest fuel tank which was the left wing. The Captain then proceeded to tell me that I needed to open the cross-feed valves as well. I then pressed the upper positioned switch to open the aft cross-feed valve and just before completing the full pressing of the lower positioned switch for the forward cross-feed valve; the Captain stated that the left engine had failed.After the transferring of the flight controls to the Captain; I observed the left engine's N2 and fuel flow operating normally; in addition to the EGT operating in a normal area of its white colored mid-ranged arc. However; the N1 was nowhere near normal as it was in the lower range of its arc below cruise RPM. The Captain then directed me to request a lower altitude and ATC cleared us to FL310. Thereafter; the Captain directed me to put the ignition selector to the 'FLT' position; which I did. The N1 began accelerating and as the Captain moved the thrust lever a minute amount forward; the EGT started to climb and reached 788 deg C for about one second. The Captain retarded the lever to idle and directed me to return the ignition selector back to 'AUTO;' then called for the QRH. The Captain also asked our jump-seater; a 747 Captain; to follow along in the QRH to assure correct continuity and to avoid erroneous deviation. When I confirmed and shut off the Fuel Switch and then cycled it back to ON; the air-start envelope had data appeared in the EICAS display. Upon reaching FL310; we restarted the left engine per the QRH without abnormality. After transferring the flight controls back; we requested a higher flight level and received FL390. We then continued the flight to without incident. Always open the cross feed valves first; 2) always call for the QRH first before troubleshooting anything.

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	1695708
Time
Date	201910
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Crossfeed
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

B767-300 flight crew reported that during routine cross feed functions; the first officer did not open cross feed valves prior to turning fuel pumps off; flaming out the N1 engine.