<< >> NASA ASRS Report 286234, October 1994

Flight crew shut down 1 engine at high cruise altitude after losing engine throttle control. A divert land was made.

Attributes
ACN	286234
Time
Date	199410
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mip
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob military facility : dys
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	286234
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Loss of throttle control of #2 engine, shutdown normally -- at altitude. Diverted to allentown, PA. ATC was cooperative and helpful. No emergency declared. Equipment called out. Landing normal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC SHUT DOWN 1 ENG AT HIGH CRUISE ALT AFTER LOSING ENG THROTTLE CTL. A DIVERT LAND WAS MADE.

Narrative: LOSS OF THROTTLE CTL OF #2 ENG, SHUTDOWN NORMALLY -- AT ALT. DIVERTED TO ALLENTOWN, PA. ATC WAS COOPERATIVE AND HELPFUL. NO EMER DECLARED. EQUIP CALLED OUT. LNDG NORMAL.

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.