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ATR72 aircraft had 'fuel clog' light come on. Reporter captain searched all pubs to insure that the flight could continue as he was informed by both maintenance and dispatch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383156 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tul |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 13700 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 383156 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Caution light on fuel clog. Aom states to continue flight or series of flts and monitor engine parameters. Contacted dispatch and maintenance control over aircraft radio. We continued to tulsa. Operations in tulsa informed me to call maintenance control. Telephone conference with dispatch and maintenance control. I was advised to continue series of flts to return aircraft to maintenance base. I read aom, flight manual and system manual. Also examined MEL manual. I asked maintenance control about the logbook and was told, 'continue flight to return aircraft to maintenance base for repair as per aom. Enter write-up in dfw.' I send dispatch an ACARS message to confirm. Received reply that no maintenance action was required. Good to go. We were dispatched back to dfw. Write up was made in dfw.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATR72 ACFT HAD 'FUEL CLOG' LIGHT COME ON. RPTR CAPT SEARCHED ALL PUBS TO INSURE THAT THE FLT COULD CONTINUE AS HE WAS INFORMED BY BOTH MAINT AND DISPATCH.
Narrative: CAUTION LIGHT ON FUEL CLOG. AOM STATES TO CONTINUE FLT OR SERIES OF FLTS AND MONITOR ENG PARAMETERS. CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL OVER ACFT RADIO. WE CONTINUED TO TULSA. OPS IN TULSA INFORMED ME TO CALL MAINT CTL. TELEPHONE CONFERENCE WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL. I WAS ADVISED TO CONTINUE SERIES OF FLTS TO RETURN ACFT TO MAINT BASE. I READ AOM, FLT MANUAL AND SYS MANUAL. ALSO EXAMINED MEL MANUAL. I ASKED MAINT CTL ABOUT THE LOGBOOK AND WAS TOLD, 'CONTINUE FLT TO RETURN ACFT TO MAINT BASE FOR REPAIR AS PER AOM. ENTER WRITE-UP IN DFW.' I SEND DISPATCH AN ACARS MESSAGE TO CONFIRM. RECEIVED REPLY THAT NO MAINT ACTION WAS REQUIRED. GOOD TO GO. WE WERE DISPATCHED BACK TO DFW. WRITE UP WAS MADE IN DFW.
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.