<< >> NASA ASRS Report 999014, March 2012

An MD11 alerted sel engine #3 fadec altitude; followed by engine #3 RPM low and the engine flamed out so the engine shutdown checklist followed by the inflight start checklist resulted in a normal engine operation.

Attributes
ACN	999014
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FADEC / TCC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 9500 Flight Crew Type 2800
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 145 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 4500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Received sel engine #3 fadec altitude followed by #3 engine RPM low alerts. Engine #3 flamed out; engine in-flight shutdown checklist was followed by in flight start checklist resulting in a normal restart. Flight control was notified and we were directed to continue to our planned destination. Engine parameters were normal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD11 alerted SEL ENG #3 FADEC ALT; followed by ENG #3 RPM LOW and the engine flamed out so the ENG SHUTDOWN Checklist followed by the INFLIGHT START Checklist resulted in a normal engine operation.

Narrative: Received SEL ENG #3 FADEC ALT followed by #3 ENG RPM LOW alerts. Engine #3 flamed out; engine in-flight shutdown checklist was followed by in flight start checklist resulting in a normal restart. Flight control was notified and we were directed to continue to our planned destination. Engine parameters were normal.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.