Narrative:

About 2 hours after taking off from ZZZ we had EICAS status messages of: right engine cont, right engine eec C1, right engine a/O valve, right idg valve. We contacted maintenance and briefed him on the status messages and engine parameters. Shortly after that we had an indication of a fuel imbal by the fuel confign light and EICAS message. We balanced the fuel according to the indication of right tank low. Later we recognized an increasing imbal between the totalizer and calculated fuel on the progress page 2. We then contacted maintenance to discuss the discrepancy. We determined that this was a gauge problem and that we should not continue to attempt to balance fuel according to the indications. After some time we became more concerned with the fuel imbal and trim indications of the airplane. We attempted to retrim the airplane and then realized that the right fuel quantity gauge was decreasing more rapidly. We recontacted maintenance and we agreed to perform the fuel leak checklist. We then sent a flight attendant to visually check engines and fuel for a leak. During this process, the fuel indicator was decreasing more rapidly and the right engine flamed out shortly thereafter. Upon engine flameout I declared an emergency with ATC and asked for the driftdown checklist. Once descending and the checklist completed we indicated that we would go to ZZZ2 with center. I then asked for the in-flight engine failure and flameout checklist. We were in a constant descent with center as we ran the checklist to their completion. I advised the first flight attendant of a cabin advisory for the engine failure and or intention of landing in ZZZ2. I sent an ACARS message to dispatch of our diversion. He acknowledged ok. I then explained to the passenger that we would land in ZZZ2 due to engine flameout and that it would be an uneventful landing. We landed 20 degrees flaps on runway 16R using autobrakes 2 and left reverser. The fire trucks followed us to a remote parking spot and we checked for a fuel leak. None was observed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the engine was a pratt & whitney JT9D-7r4 engine and had only 35 hours of time in service and the cause of the fuel leakage and flameout was a broken fuel line fitting. The reporter said the exact fitting and location of the fitting on the engine is unknown as maintenance has not reported any findings to the crew.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-300 IN CRUISE AT FL390 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO R ENG FLAMEOUT. CAUSED BY BROKEN FUEL FITTING ON ENG.

Narrative: ABOUT 2 HRS AFTER TAKING OFF FROM ZZZ WE HAD EICAS STATUS MESSAGES OF: R ENG CONT, R ENG EEC C1, R ENG A/O VALVE, R IDG VALVE. WE CONTACTED MAINT AND BRIEFED HIM ON THE STATUS MESSAGES AND ENG PARAMETERS. SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE HAD AN INDICATION OF A FUEL IMBAL BY THE FUEL CONFIGN LIGHT AND EICAS MESSAGE. WE BALANCED THE FUEL ACCORDING TO THE INDICATION OF R TANK LOW. LATER WE RECOGNIZED AN INCREASING IMBAL BTWN THE TOTALIZER AND CALCULATED FUEL ON THE PROGRESS PAGE 2. WE THEN CONTACTED MAINT TO DISCUSS THE DISCREPANCY. WE DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS A GAUGE PROB AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO BAL FUEL ACCORDING TO THE INDICATIONS. AFTER SOME TIME WE BECAME MORE CONCERNED WITH THE FUEL IMBAL AND TRIM INDICATIONS OF THE AIRPLANE. WE ATTEMPTED TO RETRIM THE AIRPLANE AND THEN REALIZED THAT THE R FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE WAS DECREASING MORE RAPIDLY. WE RECONTACTED MAINT AND WE AGREED TO PERFORM THE FUEL LEAK CHKLIST. WE THEN SENT A FLT ATTENDANT TO VISUALLY CHK ENGS AND FUEL FOR A LEAK. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE FUEL INDICATOR WAS DECREASING MORE RAPIDLY AND THE R ENG FLAMED OUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. UPON ENG FLAMEOUT I DECLARED AN EMER WITH ATC AND ASKED FOR THE DRIFTDOWN CHKLIST. ONCE DSNDING AND THE CHKLIST COMPLETED WE INDICATED THAT WE WOULD GO TO ZZZ2 WITH CTR. I THEN ASKED FOR THE INFLT ENG FAILURE AND FLAMEOUT CHKLIST. WE WERE IN A CONSTANT DSCNT WITH CTR AS WE RAN THE CHKLIST TO THEIR COMPLETION. I ADVISED THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT OF A CABIN ADVISORY FOR THE ENG FAILURE AND OR INTENTION OF LNDG IN ZZZ2. I SENT AN ACARS MESSAGE TO DISPATCH OF OUR DIVERSION. HE ACKNOWLEDGED OK. I THEN EXPLAINED TO THE PAX THAT WE WOULD LAND IN ZZZ2 DUE TO ENG FLAMEOUT AND THAT IT WOULD BE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. WE LANDED 20 DEGS FLAPS ON RWY 16R USING AUTOBRAKES 2 AND L REVERSER. THE FIRE TRUCKS FOLLOWED US TO A REMOTE PARKING SPOT AND WE CHKED FOR A FUEL LEAK. NONE WAS OBSERVED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A PRATT & WHITNEY JT9D-7R4 ENG AND HAD ONLY 35 HRS OF TIME IN SVC AND THE CAUSE OF THE FUEL LEAKAGE AND FLAMEOUT WAS A BROKEN FUEL LINE FITTING. THE RPTR SAID THE EXACT FITTING AND LOCATION OF THE FITTING ON THE ENG IS UNKNOWN AS MAINT HAS NOT RPTED ANY FINDINGS TO THE CREW.

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.