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During their initial approach to their destination the flight crew of a B757-200 suffered the mechanical failure of the left engine. They declared an emergency; conducted appropriate checklists and landed uneventfully.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1082064 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201304 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Approaching approximately 4;000 feet during descent with the engines at idle and airspeed of 250 knots; the left engine simply failed. We had no unusual indications or obvious causes. We were in VMC with the airport in sight. We declared an emergency with ATC; accomplished appropriate QRH and normal checklist procedures and landed uneventfully. After a visual check by arff vehicles; we completed an uneventful taxi to the gate.maintenance personnel determined the cause to be failure of a component associated with the fuel control unit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: During their initial approach to their destination the flight crew of a B757-200 suffered the mechanical failure of the left engine. They declared an emergency; conducted appropriate checklists and landed uneventfully.
Narrative: Approaching approximately 4;000 feet during descent with the engines at idle and airspeed of 250 knots; the left engine simply failed. We had no unusual indications or obvious causes. We were in VMC with the airport in sight. We declared an emergency with ATC; accomplished appropriate QRH and normal checklist procedures and landed uneventfully. After a visual check by ARFF vehicles; we completed an uneventful taxi to the gate.Maintenance personnel determined the cause to be failure of a component associated with the Fuel Control Unit.
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.