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B737-300 experiences a #1 engine overheat warning on climb out from alb. Slow engine fault response to checklist use. Return land with emergency declared. Fault finally corrected itself. Landed alb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358603 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : alb |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 358603 |
| 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 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb the fire warning 'fault' light flickered. Captain tested the fire warning and determined we had a bad 'B' loop on #2. Retested with selector on 'a' and got good test, moments later we observed a #1 engine overheat. Proceeded with the engine overheat procedure. When the light did not go out, captain started a turn back to alb and proceeded with the engine fire/severe damage or separation checklist. As we were about to start the checklist, the overheat light went out. We continued to alb, declared an emergency, and landed uneventfully with both engines running. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the postflt inspection found some grease on the loop connectors on the #1 engine. The passenger were protected on another flight. After maintenance was completed the aircraft was repositioned on a non revenue flight to bos, the original destination airport. The airline said that they did not want the first flight after corrective maintenance to be carrying passenger. A modified ferry flight so to speak. The loop on #2 engine was in proper working order. There was no common anomaly that created these separate indication problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 EXPERIENCES A #1 ENG OVERHEAT WARNING ON CLBOUT FROM ALB. SLOW ENG FAULT RESPONSE TO CHKLIST USE. RETURN LAND WITH EMER DECLARED. FAULT FINALLY CORRECTED ITSELF. LANDED ALB.
Narrative: DURING CLB THE FIRE WARNING 'FAULT' LIGHT FLICKERED. CAPT TESTED THE FIRE WARNING AND DETERMINED WE HAD A BAD 'B' LOOP ON #2. RETESTED WITH SELECTOR ON 'A' AND GOT GOOD TEST, MOMENTS LATER WE OBSERVED A #1 ENG OVERHEAT. PROCEEDED WITH THE ENG OVERHEAT PROC. WHEN THE LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT, CAPT STARTED A TURN BACK TO ALB AND PROCEEDED WITH THE ENG FIRE/SEVERE DAMAGE OR SEPARATION CHKLIST. AS WE WERE ABOUT TO START THE CHKLIST, THE OVERHEAT LIGHT WENT OUT. WE CONTINUED TO ALB, DECLARED AN EMER, AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY WITH BOTH ENGS RUNNING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE POSTFLT INSPECTION FOUND SOME GREASE ON THE LOOP CONNECTORS ON THE #1 ENG. THE PAX WERE PROTECTED ON ANOTHER FLT. AFTER MAINT WAS COMPLETED THE ACFT WAS REPOSITIONED ON A NON REVENUE FLT TO BOS, THE ORIGINAL DEST ARPT. THE AIRLINE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THE FIRST FLT AFTER CORRECTIVE MAINT TO BE CARRYING PAX. A MODIFIED FERRY FLT SO TO SPEAK. THE LOOP ON #2 ENG WAS IN PROPER WORKING ORDER. THERE WAS NO COMMON ANOMALY THAT CREATED THESE SEPARATE INDICATION PROBS.
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.