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Jet engine 'thrust runaway' on large transport air carrier aircraft at high altitude descent. Flight crew shut down engine, declared an emergency and land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 247811 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mke |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| 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 : 240 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 247811 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Unable to control #1 engine -- 'runaway thrust.' shut engine down and declared emergency with ATC. Cleared to descend direct ord direct. VFR ILS to runway 27L -- uneventful approach and landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: JET ENG 'THRUST RUNAWAY' ON LGT ACR ACFT AT HIGH ALT DSCNT. FLC SHUT DOWN ENG, DECLARED AN EMER AND LAND.
Narrative: UNABLE TO CTL #1 ENG -- 'RUNAWAY THRUST.' SHUT ENG DOWN AND DECLARED EMER WITH ATC. CLRED TO DSND DIRECT ORD DIRECT. VFR ILS TO RWY 27L -- UNEVENTFUL APCH AND LNDG.
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.