A B737-200 in climb at FL210 had #1 engine flameout with no restart. Declared an emergency and diver...

Attributes
ACN	542323
Time
Date	200203
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hou.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 21000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc tower : rno.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : j2.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 19 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	542323
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 235 flight time total : 7574 flight time type : 2185
ASRS Report	542849
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : left engine indications other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Normal departure and climb out. Approaching final altitude, FL210, #1 engine flamed out. No N2 indication. Checklist followed and an emergency declared. Passenger 122, crew 8. Landing weight 103000 pounds. The flameout occurred at the halfway point between sat-hou. Single engine approach/descent, ILS runway 12R. Maximum braking used. Landing uneventful. Emergency canceled after landing. My thanks to my first officer and cockpit jump seaters (names/numbers). 1 jump seater helped the first officer and the other helped with the opc, contacting dispatch and backing me up on my decisions. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: captain, reporter stated the engine just flamed out and no restart was possible. The reporter said all engine indications were operating except the N2 indicator which stayed at zero and appeared the N2 rotor had seized. The reporter stated on the ground the N2 rotor was free and turned smoothly. The reporter said maintenance advised the crew this engine was a scheduled engine change for the midnight shift. First officer, the reporter stated on climb at FL210 the engine flamed out with no restart. The reporter said no details of the cause of the flameout were released by maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-200 IN CLB AT FL210 HAD #1 ENG FLAMEOUT WITH NO RESTART. DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Narrative: NORMAL DEP AND CLBOUT. APCHING FINAL ALT, FL210, #1 ENG FLAMED OUT. NO N2 INDICATION. CHKLIST FOLLOWED AND AN EMER DECLARED. PAX 122, CREW 8. LNDG WT 103000 LBS. THE FLAMEOUT OCCURRED AT THE HALFWAY POINT BTWN SAT-HOU. SINGLE ENG APCH/DSCNT, ILS RWY 12R. MAX BRAKING USED. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. EMER CANCELED AFTER LNDG. MY THANKS TO MY FO AND COCKPIT JUMP SEATERS (NAMES/NUMBERS). 1 JUMP SEATER HELPED THE FO AND THE OTHER HELPED WITH THE OPC, CONTACTING DISPATCH AND BACKING ME UP ON MY DECISIONS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CAPT, RPTR STATED THE ENG JUST FLAMED OUT AND NO RESTART WAS POSSIBLE. THE RPTR SAID ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE OPERATING EXCEPT THE N2 INDICATOR WHICH STAYED AT ZERO AND APPEARED THE N2 ROTOR HAD SEIZED. THE RPTR STATED ON THE GND THE N2 ROTOR WAS FREE AND TURNED SMOOTHLY. THE RPTR SAID MAINT ADVISED THE CREW THIS ENG WAS A SCHEDULED ENGINE CHANGE FOR THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT. FO, THE RPTR STATED ON CLB AT FL210 THE ENG FLAMED OUT WITH NO RESTART. THE RPTR SAID NO DETAILS OF THE CAUSE OF THE FLAMEOUT WERE RELEASED BY MAINT.

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.

A B737-200 in climb at FL210 had #1 engine flameout with no restart. Declared an emergency and diverted. Cause unknown.