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An air carrier DC9 crew had to divert land after an aircraft equipment problem left engine appeared to spool down.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 352108 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cam |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 11600 flight time type : 6100 |
| ASRS Report | 352108 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 |
| ASRS Report | 352112 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Left engine appeared to spool down. Left engine heat was turned on, then the fuel pump (that was off)was turned on. The engine then operated normally. We diverted to bos as a precaution.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR DC9 CREW HAD TO DIVERT LAND AFTER AN ACFT EQUIP PROB L ENG APPEARED TO SPOOL DOWN.
Narrative: L ENG APPEARED TO SPOOL DOWN. L ENG HEAT WAS TURNED ON, THEN THE FUEL PUMP (THAT WAS OFF)WAS TURNED ON. THE ENG THEN OPERATED NORMALLY. WE DIVERTED TO BOS AS A PRECAUTION.
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.