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EMB120 aircraft during climb had 'duct leakage' warning. Flight crew shut down the engine in accordance with procedures. The warning light went out indicating that the warning was real and not just a faulty detector.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388878 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mco tower : lse |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 388878 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff during initial climb the #1 engine bleed 'duct leakage' warning light illuminated. Following checklist procedures the affected engine was shut down. After this was accomplished the warning light extinguished, which indicated the 'duct leakage' was in fact real and not a faulty indicator. The flight declared an emergency and was diverted back to the departure airport!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB120 ACFT DURING CLB HAD 'DUCT LEAKAGE' WARNING. FLC SHUT DOWN THE ENG IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCS. THE WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT INDICATING THAT THE WARNING WAS REAL AND NOT JUST A FAULTY DETECTOR.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF DURING INITIAL CLB THE #1 ENG BLEED 'DUCT LEAKAGE' WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING CHKLIST PROCS THE AFFECTED ENG WAS SHUT DOWN. AFTER THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED THE WARNING LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, WHICH INDICATED THE 'DUCT LEAKAGE' WAS IN FACT REAL AND NOT A FAULTY INDICATOR. THE FLT DECLARED AN EMER AND WAS DIVERTED BACK TO THE DEP ARPT!
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.