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Cya report from mechanic who svced an medium large transport aircraft that had internal engine failure shortly after takeoff from phl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 196273 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199112 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 196273 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft arrived in phl airport and was scheduled to remain overnight for maintenance work. Several mechanics noted #1 engine making a loud unfamiliar noise. This information was passed on to lead and supervisory personnel by second shift mechanics so as to alert third shift mechanics who were to work the aircraft that night and early morning. I, the third shift mechanic, was assigned to work this particular aircraft, however I received no information concerning this particular loud engine noise until about xa am that morning and then it was passed to me by another mechanic, not the lead man who assigned me to work on the aircraft. Based upon the information that was made available to me was a pilot write up indication problem and replaced #1 engine tac indicator. Shortly before going to run engine about XB00 am in the morning asked me if my lead man had informed me of the loud engine noise. I replied that he had not spoken to me at all. About this time a large fuel spill occurred which precluded our running the engine. The aircraft departed phl and was involved in an internal failure approximately 2 or 3 hours later. Had I been informed about the true condition of the engine I would have treated the write up quite differently.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CYA RPT FROM MECH WHO SVCED AN MLG ACFT THAT HAD INTERNAL ENG FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER TKOF FROM PHL.
Narrative: ACFT ARRIVED IN PHL ARPT AND WAS SCHEDULED TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT FOR MAINT WORK. SEVERAL MECHS NOTED #1 ENG MAKING A LOUD UNFAMILIAR NOISE. THIS INFO WAS PASSED ON TO LEAD AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL BY SECOND SHIFT MECHS SO AS TO ALERT THIRD SHIFT MECHS WHO WERE TO WORK THE ACFT THAT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. I, THE THIRD SHIFT MECH, WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK THIS PARTICULAR ACFT, HOWEVER I RECEIVED NO INFO CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR LOUD ENG NOISE UNTIL ABOUT XA AM THAT MORNING AND THEN IT WAS PASSED TO ME BY ANOTHER MECH, NOT THE LEAD MAN WHO ASSIGNED ME TO WORK ON THE ACFT. BASED UPON THE INFO THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ME WAS A PLT WRITE UP INDICATION PROBLEM AND REPLACED #1 ENG TAC INDICATOR. SHORTLY BEFORE GOING TO RUN ENG ABOUT XB00 AM IN THE MORNING ASKED ME IF MY LEAD MAN HAD INFORMED ME OF THE LOUD ENG NOISE. I REPLIED THAT HE HAD NOT SPOKEN TO ME AT ALL. ABOUT THIS TIME A LARGE FUEL SPILL OCCURRED WHICH PRECLUDED OUR RUNNING THE ENG. THE ACFT DEPARTED PHL AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTERNAL FAILURE APPROX 2 OR 3 HRS LATER. HAD I BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THE TRUE CONDITION OF THE ENG I WOULD HAVE TREATED THE WRITE UP QUITE DIFFERENTLY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.