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An air carrier B767 had to return and land with an aircraft equipment problem left engine reverser amber in-transit light on in-flight. False warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 345420 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gig |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : sbbs |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 345420 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Reverser amber light on EICAS, left engine, climbing through FL250. No other indications. Return to gig. Reverser amber light went out on descent. Followed procedure and overweight landing hot brakes procedures. Uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B767 HAD TO RETURN AND LAND WITH AN ACFT EQUIP PROB L ENG REVERSER AMBER IN-TRANSIT LIGHT ON INFLT. FALSE WARNING.
Narrative: REVERSER AMBER LIGHT ON EICAS, L ENG, CLBING THROUGH FL250. NO OTHER INDICATIONS. RETURN TO GIG. REVERSER AMBER LIGHT WENT OUT ON DSCNT. FOLLOWED PROC AND OVERWT LNDG HOT BRAKES PROCS. UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
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.