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Captain of an air carrier medium large transport aircraft failed to record in the aircraft logbook an indication of a clogged engine fuel filter.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 242569 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mke |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mke |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 29000 |
| ASRS Report | 242569 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On approach, fuel filter clogged. Light flickered. Advised maintenance control of incident. Misunderstanding from maintenance control regarding action to be taken.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN ACR MLG ACFT FAILED TO RECORD IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK AN INDICATION OF A CLOGGED ENG FUEL FILTER.
Narrative: ON APCH, FUEL FILTER CLOGGED. LIGHT FLICKERED. ADVISED MAINT CTL OF INCIDENT. MISUNDERSTANDING FROM MAINT CTL REGARDING ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
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.