Narrative:

During takeoff roll, flight engineer noticed egt overtemp light on with egt rising near temperature limit. Flight engineer reduced power to normal temperature range, before captain noticed any problem. Takeoff was continued as normal. Later, flight engineer said he had reduced power to maintain limits. Flight engineer never discussed exceeding temperature limits with captain. Captain decided no further action was necessary because limits were not exceeded. Remainder of flight the aircraft operated normally. Flight crew was intently monitoring the severe WX en route, due to hurricane in the flight path. Flight engineer noted on engine monitoring form that overtemp had occurred, but did not list any temperatures, captain was completely unaware of this report. The following 3 takeoffs were normal. There was no report of egt overtemp and no notation in the logbook. Engine overtemp was noted subsequently and company audited all paperwork. During audit, the engine monitor card with the notation of overtemp was found. Company disclosed logbook discrepancy to FAA. On oct/fri/04, captain was notified by union president that there was a problem and possible disclosure to FAA. Supplemental information from acn 633021: to prevent this situation in the future, there should be more communication between crew members.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN A-300 FE REDUCED TKOF PWR BECAUSE OF AN IMPENDING OVERTEMP WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE CAPT OR RECORDING THE EVENT.

Narrative: DURING TKOF ROLL, FE NOTICED EGT OVERTEMP LIGHT ON WITH EGT RISING NEAR TEMP LIMIT. FE REDUCED PWR TO NORMAL TEMP RANGE, BEFORE CAPT NOTICED ANY PROB. TKOF WAS CONTINUED AS NORMAL. LATER, FE SAID HE HAD REDUCED PWR TO MAINTAIN LIMITS. FE NEVER DISCUSSED EXCEEDING TEMP LIMITS WITH CAPT. CAPT DECIDED NO FURTHER ACTION WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE LIMITS WERE NOT EXCEEDED. REMAINDER OF FLT THE ACFT OPERATED NORMALLY. FLT CREW WAS INTENTLY MONITORING THE SEVERE WX ENRTE, DUE TO HURRICANE IN THE FLT PATH. FE NOTED ON ENG MONITORING FORM THAT OVERTEMP HAD OCCURRED, BUT DID NOT LIST ANY TEMPS, CAPT WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THIS RPT. THE FOLLOWING 3 TKOFS WERE NORMAL. THERE WAS NO RPT OF EGT OVERTEMP AND NO NOTATION IN THE LOGBOOK. ENG OVERTEMP WAS NOTED SUBSEQUENTLY AND COMPANY AUDITED ALL PAPERWORK. DURING AUDIT, THE ENG MONITOR CARD WITH THE NOTATION OF OVERTEMP WAS FOUND. COMPANY DISCLOSED LOGBOOK DISCREPANCY TO FAA. ON OCT/FRI/04, CAPT WAS NOTIFIED BY UNION PRESIDENT THAT THERE WAS A PROB AND POSSIBLE DISCLOSURE TO FAA. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 633021: TO PREVENT THIS SIT IN THE FUTURE, THERE SHOULD BE MORE COM BTWN CREW MEMBERS.

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.