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A330 captain reported upon reaching cruise altitude both engines rolled back to idle thrust twice before resuming normal operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1627115 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Upon level off at FL380 engines went from climb power to idle power and ignition came on; then recovered to climb power and back to idle again before recovering to climb power; accelerating back to .82 mach and stabilizing at cruise power.don't know why. No icing; light turbulence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330 Captain reported upon reaching cruise altitude both engines rolled back to idle thrust twice before resuming normal operation.
Narrative: Upon level off at FL380 engines went from climb power to idle power and ignition came on; then recovered to climb power and back to idle again before recovering to climb power; accelerating back to .82 Mach and stabilizing at cruise power.Don't know why. No icing; light turbulence.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.