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Emergency declared with vibrating engine. Diversion to alternate carried out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 284886 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199410 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 284886 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
En route from dfw to hrl engine #2 high vibration MFDU message was displayed with a high level of vibration apparent. Accomplished vibration apparent. Accomplished vibration high engine #2 checklist. Vibration was normal with engine #2 in idle and a diversion to crp was planned. An emergency was declared with ATC but no special handling was required.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMER DECLARED WITH VIBRATING ENG. DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE CARRIED OUT.
Narrative: ENRTE FROM DFW TO HRL ENG #2 HIGH VIBRATION MFDU MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF VIBRATION APPARENT. ACCOMPLISHED VIBRATION APPARENT. ACCOMPLISHED VIBRATION HIGH ENG #2 CHKLIST. VIBRATION WAS NORMAL WITH ENG #2 IN IDLE AND A DIVERSION TO CRP WAS PLANNED. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH ATC BUT NO SPECIAL HANDLING WAS REQUIRED.
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.