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B757-200 flight crew encounters loss of EPR indications and autothrottle failure. Return to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 736624 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 34000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 736624 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb; the right primary and standby EPR indications failed; followed by failure of the autothrottles. After contacting maintenance; I decided with their concurrence to return to ZZZ. As a precaution; I declared an emergency. We descended; burned fuel to below maximum landing weight and flew a normal approach and touchdown. After clearing the runway crash fire rescue equipment checked for hot brakes and followed the aircraft to the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757-200 FLT CREW ENCOUNTERS LOSS OF EPR INDICATIONS AND AUTOTHROTTLE FAILURE. RETURN TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: DURING CLB; THE R PRIMARY AND STANDBY EPR INDICATIONS FAILED; FOLLOWED BY FAILURE OF THE AUTOTHROTTLES. AFTER CONTACTING MAINT; I DECIDED WITH THEIR CONCURRENCE TO RETURN TO ZZZ. AS A PRECAUTION; I DECLARED AN EMER. WE DSNDED; BURNED FUEL TO BELOW MAX LNDG WT AND FLEW A NORMAL APCH AND TOUCHDOWN. AFTER CLRING THE RWY CFR CHKED FOR HOT BRAKES AND FOLLOWED THE ACFT TO THE GATE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.