A DC9 has an engine failure en route to atl in ZFW airspace. Flight crew keeps the aircraft headed for destination, making no attempt to land the aircraft as soon as possible. Eventually aircraft diverted to nearest suitable airport.

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Attributes
ACN	370615
Time
Date	199706
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : eld
State Reference	AR
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw
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 other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
Experience	controller non radar : 3 flight time last 90 days : 0 flight time total : 220
ASRS Report	370615
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Crew shut down 1 engine and notified center of loss of 1 engine and declared emergency, but failed to take any action to divert to nearest suitable airport as indicated in DC9 operating manual -- fire section, page 3. Crew lost engine en route from dfw to atl over eld, and advised center, then dispatch at least 5 times of their intention to continue to destination atl on 1 engine. Only after repeated prompts from dispatch did crew divert to jan, but they flew from eld to mei with no attempt to comply with 'land nearest suitable.' time on 1 engine was unnecessarily increased and safety was jeopardized as a result. Airline maintenance department should be capable of providing accurate data on actual single engine time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9 HAS AN ENG FAILURE ENRTE TO ATL IN ZFW AIRSPACE. FLC KEEPS THE ACFT HEADED FOR DEST, MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO LAND THE ACFT ASAP. EVENTUALLY ACFT DIVERTED TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT.

Narrative: CREW SHUT DOWN 1 ENG AND NOTIFIED CTR OF LOSS OF 1 ENG AND DECLARED EMER, BUT FAILED TO TAKE ANY ACTION TO DIVERT TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT AS INDICATED IN DC9 OPERATING MANUAL -- FIRE SECTION, PAGE 3. CREW LOST ENG ENRTE FROM DFW TO ATL OVER ELD, AND ADVISED CTR, THEN DISPATCH AT LEAST 5 TIMES OF THEIR INTENTION TO CONTINUE TO DEST ATL ON 1 ENG. ONLY AFTER REPEATED PROMPTS FROM DISPATCH DID CREW DIVERT TO JAN, BUT THEY FLEW FROM ELD TO MEI WITH NO ATTEMPT TO COMPLY WITH 'LAND NEAREST SUITABLE.' TIME ON 1 ENG WAS UNNECESSARILY INCREASED AND SAFETY WAS JEOPARDIZED AS A RESULT. AIRLINE MAINT DEPT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ACCURATE DATA ON ACTUAL SINGLE ENG TIME.

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.