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Flight crew of large transport air carrier aircraft shut down one of their 2 engines due to a malfunctioning fuel controller resulting in restarting the engine eliminating the problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 239179 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199304 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sju |
| State Reference | PR |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 39000 msl bound upper : 39000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pit |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : mjzs |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 239179 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While operating in cruise the right engine became uncontrollable due to computer problems with the fuel control. Engine was shut down and fuel control was reset using pilot handbook procedures. Engine was then restarted and operated normally. During shutdown, the ram air turbine deployed automatically when it was not supposed to. With both engines operating normally, flight continued to destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF LGT ACR ACFT SHUT DOWN ONE OF THEIR 2 ENGS DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL CTLR RESULTING IN RESTARTING THE ENG ELIMINATING THE PROB.
Narrative: WHILE OPERATING IN CRUISE THE R ENG BECAME UNCTLABLE DUE TO COMPUTER PROBS WITH THE FUEL CTL. ENG WAS SHUT DOWN AND FUEL CTL WAS RESET USING PLT HANDBOOK PROCS. ENG WAS THEN RESTARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. DURING SHUTDOWN, THE RAM AIR TURBINE DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO. WITH BOTH ENGS OPERATING NORMALLY, FLT CONTINUED TO DEST.
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.