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Flight crew allegedly declared an emergency when engine had to be reduced to idle thrust. ARTCC controller unable to give immediate descent clearance. Advised flight crew to declare emergency and make descent.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 176855 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199104 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tlh |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 26000 msl bound upper : 26000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 150 |
| ASRS Report | 176855 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 3170 flight time type : 210 |
| ASRS Report | 176597 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 18000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Declared emergency because of engine failure at FL260. Center did not want me to descend because of traffic at about 1-2 O'clock, 3 or so mi. Took several times to get center to give a lower altitude. We started down using emergency authority. Then with some reluctance, center said we could descend. Normal single engine landing made a tlh. No problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW ALLEGEDLY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN ENGINE HAD TO BE REDUCED TO IDLE THRUST. ARTCC CTLR UNABLE TO GIVE IMMEDIATE DESCENT CLRNC. ADVISED FLT CREW TO DECLARE EMERGENCY AND MAKE DESCENT.
Narrative: DECLARED EMER BECAUSE OF ENG FAILURE AT FL260. CENTER DID NOT WANT ME TO DSND BECAUSE OF TFC AT ABOUT 1-2 O'CLOCK, 3 OR SO MI. TOOK SEVERAL TIMES TO GET CENTER TO GIVE A LOWER ALT. WE STARTED DOWN USING EMER AUTHORITY. THEN WITH SOME RELUCTANCE, CENTER SAID WE COULD DSND. NORMAL SINGLE ENG LNDG MADE A TLH. NO PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.