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Flight crew of a DC10 shut down the #1 engine during overwater cruise due to engine stall, and declared an emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 459299 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific enroute airway : a331.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 459299 |
| 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 : number 1 engine other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At cruise flight FL370, #1 engine compressor stalled and overtemped. Engine failure checklist completed and #1 engine was shut down. Declared emergency and was reclred to sea via A331 at FL270. We asked ATC to have emergency equipment standing by at seatac. Landing was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A DC10 SHUT DOWN THE #1 ENG DURING OVERWATER CRUISE DUE TO ENG STALL, AND DECLARED AN EMER.
Narrative: AT CRUISE FLT FL370, #1 ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED AND OVERTEMPED. ENG FAILURE CHKLIST COMPLETED AND #1 ENG WAS SHUT DOWN. DECLARED EMER AND WAS RECLRED TO SEA VIA A331 AT FL270. WE ASKED ATC TO HAVE EMER EQUIP STANDING BY AT SEATAC. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL.
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.