B737-300 crew had an engine hot start. The crew did not realize the engine exceeded start limits.

Attributes
ACN	564272
Time
Date	200210
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	564272
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	564271
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : egt indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Engine #1 start normal. During engine #2 start rapidly rising egt spiked to 803 degrees C during shutdown. Checklist was run, and another attempt was made. Engine start normal. For some reason 930 degrees C stuck in my head as the maximum egt, not 725 degrees maximum start egt. Based on this, we continued to pdx. The mix-up in limit figures was inadvertent. We would have had not continued the flight had we realized that the engine start limit had been exceeded. After arrival at las, we realized that the start limit had been exceeded. After arrival at las, we realized that the start limit had been exceeded, and filed this report, contacted maintenance and management. It was unintentional that we continued, as we did not realize at that point that the start egt had been exceeded.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CREW HAD AN ENG HOT START. THE CREW DID NOT REALIZE THE ENG EXCEEDED START LIMITS.

Narrative: ENG #1 START NORMAL. DURING ENG #2 START RAPIDLY RISING EGT SPIKED TO 803 DEGS C DURING SHUTDOWN. CHKLIST WAS RUN, AND ANOTHER ATTEMPT WAS MADE. ENG START NORMAL. FOR SOME REASON 930 DEGS C STUCK IN MY HEAD AS THE MAX EGT, NOT 725 DEGS MAX START EGT. BASED ON THIS, WE CONTINUED TO PDX. THE MIX-UP IN LIMIT FIGURES WAS INADVERTENT. WE WOULD HAVE HAD NOT CONTINUED THE FLT HAD WE REALIZED THAT THE ENG START LIMIT HAD BEEN EXCEEDED. AFTER ARR AT LAS, WE REALIZED THAT THE START LIMIT HAD BEEN EXCEEDED. AFTER ARR AT LAS, WE REALIZED THAT THE START LIMIT HAD BEEN EXCEEDED, AND FILED THIS RPT, CONTACTED MAINT AND MGMNT. IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL THAT WE CONTINUED, AS WE DID NOT REALIZE AT THAT POINT THAT THE START EGT HAD BEEN EXCEEDED.

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.