<< >> NASA ASRS Report 879115, March 2010

A B757 engine flamed out during descent because of a low pressure fuel pump failure. An emergency was declared. At 7;000' the engine was successfully restarted and a normal approach completed at the filed destination.

Attributes
ACN	879115
Time
Date	201003
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	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine Driven Pump
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 1100
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While descending through FL200 we experienced an engine failure of the left engine. Power was at idle for the descent; so yaw was minimal. We advised the cabin crew and ATC and declared an emergency. We ran the appropriate checklist and decided to attempt an inflight engine restart. We continued the descent down to 7000ft; at which time the restart was a success.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 engine flamed out during descent because of a low pressure fuel pump failure. An emergency was declared. At 7;000' the engine was successfully restarted and a normal approach completed at the filed destination.

Narrative: While descending through FL200 we experienced an engine failure of the left engine. Power was at idle for the descent; so yaw was minimal. We advised the cabin crew and ATC and declared an emergency. We ran the appropriate checklist and decided to attempt an inflight engine restart. We continued the descent down to 7000ft; at which time the restart was a success.

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.