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An A319 captain reported an engine over temperature and failure at 15000 ft. An emergency was declared and flight returned to the departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 849653 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
When setting flex; first officer heard a pop. When setting thrust levers to climb; both pilots noticed engine overheat of 638 degrees. Retarded #1 thrust lever slightly. Egt still steadily climbed. Got ATC clearance to level off at 15;000 ft. Tried to call maintenance but too low. Decided to return to departure airport. Declared an emergency. First officer flew the visual while reducing #1 thrust lever to almost idle to prevent further #1 engine overheat. At landing; the #1 egt was almost to the limit although at idle thrust. Shut down #1 engine while clearing runway. Set parking brake and had fire department look over #1 engine. No fire/smoke reported so returned to the gate. Deplaned passengers. No injuries. Post flight inspection showed torn up inside of engine cowling; a punctured canoe on the wing; metal bits on the bottom of the engine. Catastrophic failure of engine #1 caused overtemp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 Captain reported an engine over temperature and failure at 15000 FT. An emergency was declared and flight returned to the departure airport.
Narrative: When setting FLEX; First Officer heard a pop. When setting thrust levers to climb; both pilots noticed engine overheat of 638 degrees. Retarded #1 thrust lever slightly. EGT still steadily climbed. Got ATC clearance to level off at 15;000 FT. Tried to call Maintenance but too low. Decided to return to departure airport. Declared an emergency. First Officer flew the visual while reducing #1 thrust lever to almost idle to prevent further #1 engine overheat. At landing; the #1 EGT was almost to the limit although at idle thrust. Shut down #1 engine while clearing runway. Set parking brake and had fire department look over #1 engine. No fire/smoke reported so returned to the gate. Deplaned passengers. No injuries. Post flight inspection showed torn up inside of engine cowling; a punctured canoe on the wing; metal bits on the bottom of the engine. Catastrophic failure of engine #1 caused overtemp.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.