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An air carrier B737-300 crew had to return land with an aircraft equipment problem engine overheat. The problem was a faulty indication.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 366478 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : alb |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : alb |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 366478 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 366285 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After liftoff #1 engine overheat light came on. Stayed visual and turned downwind to land. Accomplished checklist to engine shutdown and light went out. All other indications were normal. Landed. No emergency declared. Crew did an excellent job! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter is pleased to announcement that this was just an indication problem, there was no engine overheat. Just going through the emergency procedure was enough to clear the problem. The reporter had heard of no other similar occurrences.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B737-300 CREW HAD TO RETURN LAND WITH AN ACFT EQUIP PROB ENG OVERHEAT. THE PROB WAS A FAULTY INDICATION.
Narrative: AFTER LIFTOFF #1 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. STAYED VISUAL AND TURNED DOWNWIND TO LAND. ACCOMPLISHED CHKLIST TO ENG SHUTDOWN AND LIGHT WENT OUT. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. LANDED. NO EMER DECLARED. CREW DID AN EXCELLENT JOB! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THIS WAS JUST AN INDICATION PROB, THERE WAS NO ENG OVERHEAT. JUST GOING THROUGH THE EMER PROC WAS ENOUGH TO CLR THE PROB. THE RPTR HAD HEARD OF NO OTHER SIMILAR OCCURRENCES.
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.