Narrative:

On descent into frankfurt, about 25000 ft, the CDU page came up and stated 'confirm engine out...cancel.' a check of all engine parameters indicated all engines were running and the CDU page was in error. After landing, the captain briefed the maintenance man that met the aircraft about the 'confirm engine out' message but that all engines were running. He asked the maintenance man if the 'adas' or the 'cfds' indicated that there had been any problem with any engine at any time. The maintenance man could not find any problem with any engine at any time. Since this appeared to be a CDU problem and not an engine problem, the captain did not make a write-up in that logbook that an engine had failed. After we (the pilots) had left, the maintenance man, under duress, made a write up in the logbook that the incoming crew had made a verbal report to him that they had an engine failure on final approach. (This was unknown to me at the time.) I received a telephone call from the lax chief pilot in which he accused my captain of failing to make a write up in the logbook that we had an 'engine failure on final.' I told the chief pilot that when I left the cockpit the captain and the maintenance man were discussing what, if anything, to write in the logbook. Further, I told the chief pilot that the report of our loss of an engine on final was incorrect. I have been informed by my captain that the chief pilot made a report to the FAA that the crew failed to make a logbook write up of an engine failure on final. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the first officer's mcdu displayed 'confirm engine out,' there was no engine failure, so the crew erased the message. The outgoing captain was in the cockpit when the reporting captain was describing this situation to the maintenance man. The 2 capts have had bad blood between them for several yrs. The outgoing captain forced the maintenance man to write up the engine flame out, there were phone calls to the chief pilots both in atl and lax. The outgoing captain took the aircraft with a small delay for the phone calls, apparently no maintenance was performed on the aircraft. A hearing was later held in ATC absolving both rptrs. Supplemental information from acn 280855: after captain and crew left aircraft with no write ups in aircraft logbook and no reason for any write ups, someone entered the following: 'as per incoming crews comment -- #2 engine flamed out.' this is a false report.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FALSE LOGBOOK WRITE UP CAUSED BY A FALSE WARNING.

Narrative: ON DSCNT INTO FRANKFURT, ABOUT 25000 FT, THE CDU PAGE CAME UP AND STATED 'CONFIRM ENG OUT...CANCEL.' A CHK OF ALL ENG PARAMETERS INDICATED ALL ENGS WERE RUNNING AND THE CDU PAGE WAS IN ERROR. AFTER LNDG, THE CAPT BRIEFED THE MAINT MAN THAT MET THE ACFT ABOUT THE 'CONFIRM ENG OUT' MESSAGE BUT THAT ALL ENGS WERE RUNNING. HE ASKED THE MAINT MAN IF THE 'ADAS' OR THE 'CFDS' INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN ANY PROB WITH ANY ENG AT ANY TIME. THE MAINT MAN COULD NOT FIND ANY PROB WITH ANY ENG AT ANY TIME. SINCE THIS APPEARED TO BE A CDU PROB AND NOT AN ENG PROB, THE CAPT DID NOT MAKE A WRITE-UP IN THAT LOGBOOK THAT AN ENG HAD FAILED. AFTER WE (THE PLTS) HAD LEFT, THE MAINT MAN, UNDER DURESS, MADE A WRITE UP IN THE LOGBOOK THAT THE INCOMING CREW HAD MADE A VERBAL RPT TO HIM THAT THEY HAD AN ENG FAILURE ON FINAL APCH. (THIS WAS UNKNOWN TO ME AT THE TIME.) I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE LAX CHIEF PLT IN WHICH HE ACCUSED MY CAPT OF FAILING TO MAKE A WRITE UP IN THE LOGBOOK THAT WE HAD AN 'ENG FAILURE ON FINAL.' I TOLD THE CHIEF PLT THAT WHEN I LEFT THE COCKPIT THE CAPT AND THE MAINT MAN WERE DISCUSSING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, TO WRITE IN THE LOGBOOK. FURTHER, I TOLD THE CHIEF PLT THAT THE RPT OF OUR LOSS OF AN ENG ON FINAL WAS INCORRECT. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY MY CAPT THAT THE CHIEF PLT MADE A RPT TO THE FAA THAT THE CREW FAILED TO MAKE A LOGBOOK WRITE UP OF AN ENG FAILURE ON FINAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FO'S MCDU DISPLAYED 'CONFIRM ENG OUT,' THERE WAS NO ENG FAILURE, SO THE CREW ERASED THE MESSAGE. THE OUTGOING CAPT WAS IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE RPTING CAPT WAS DESCRIBING THIS SIT TO THE MAINT MAN. THE 2 CAPTS HAVE HAD BAD BLOOD BTWN THEM FOR SEVERAL YRS. THE OUTGOING CAPT FORCED THE MAINT MAN TO WRITE UP THE ENG FLAME OUT, THERE WERE PHONE CALLS TO THE CHIEF PLTS BOTH IN ATL AND LAX. THE OUTGOING CAPT TOOK THE ACFT WITH A SMALL DELAY FOR THE PHONE CALLS, APPARENTLY NO MAINT WAS PERFORMED ON THE ACFT. A HEARING WAS LATER HELD IN ATC ABSOLVING BOTH RPTRS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 280855: AFTER CAPT AND CREW LEFT ACFT WITH NO WRITE UPS IN ACFT LOGBOOK AND NO REASON FOR ANY WRITE UPS, SOMEONE ENTERED THE FOLLOWING: 'AS PER INCOMING CREWS COMMENT -- #2 ENG FLAMED OUT.' THIS IS A FALSE RPT.

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.