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An airbus 300-600 on takeoff climb at 1000 ft diverted due to #1 engine thrust reverser indicating pressurized requiring engine thrust to idle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 497104 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200012 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon tower : ord.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Route In Use | departure : other published ifr departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 497104 |
| 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 : reverser pressure indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On takeoff with #1 bleed deferred, ECAM reported #1 thrust reverser pressurized with required action of #1 throttle to idle. Climbed to a safe altitude, informed ATC that we wanted to remain in the area, complied with our ECAM procedures, got maintenance and phone patch to xyz maintenance to assist with problem. Upon concurrence, elected to return to ZZZ longest runway available (runway 23L). Since the airbus does not dump fuel, chose to land aircraft in accordance with overweight landing procedures before problem got any worse. Excellent decision making and CRM was used by the captain and the A300 overweight checklist was completed to an uneventful landing. Never required a shutdown on #1 engine, but it was operated at reduced power setting. After landing, the condition was noted for maintenance to address. After aircraft shutdown, contacted air carrier duty officer and filled out and faxed a safety report to the air carrier safety officer. Maintenance fixed the problem, signed off the report and later we took the same aircraft safely to XXX.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300-600 ON TKOF CLB AT 1000 FT DIVERTED DUE TO #1 ENG THRUST REVERSER INDICATING PRESSURIZED REQUIRING ENG THRUST TO IDLE.
Narrative: ON TKOF WITH #1 BLEED DEFERRED, ECAM RPTED #1 THRUST REVERSER PRESSURIZED WITH REQUIRED ACTION OF #1 THROTTLE TO IDLE. CLBED TO A SAFE ALT, INFORMED ATC THAT WE WANTED TO REMAIN IN THE AREA, COMPLIED WITH OUR ECAM PROCS, GOT MAINT AND PHONE PATCH TO XYZ MAINT TO ASSIST WITH PROB. UPON CONCURRENCE, ELECTED TO RETURN TO ZZZ LONGEST RWY AVAILABLE (RWY 23L). SINCE THE AIRBUS DOES NOT DUMP FUEL, CHOSE TO LAND ACFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OVERWT LNDG PROCS BEFORE PROB GOT ANY WORSE. EXCELLENT DECISION MAKING AND CRM WAS USED BY THE CAPT AND THE A300 OVERWT CHKLIST WAS COMPLETED TO AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. NEVER REQUIRED A SHUTDOWN ON #1 ENG, BUT IT WAS OPERATED AT REDUCED PWR SETTING. AFTER LNDG, THE CONDITION WAS NOTED FOR MAINT TO ADDRESS. AFTER ACFT SHUTDOWN, CONTACTED ACR DUTY OFFICER AND FILLED OUT AND FAXED A SAFETY RPT TO THE ACR SAFETY OFFICER. MAINT FIXED THE PROB, SIGNED OFF THE RPT AND LATER WE TOOK THE SAME ACFT SAFELY TO XXX.
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.