Flight crew of an light transport air carrier aircraft returned to land and declared an emergency after losing power on 1 engine during initial climb.

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Attributes
ACN	247960
Time
Date	199307
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 550 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : iah
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	247960
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:

On initial climb from runway 14L, noticed partial power loss. Heard voice warning 'engine control.' (#1 engine). Captain advanced power lever, but only 40 percent of torque could be recovered. Declared emergency and returned for landing on 14L.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LTT ACR ACFT RETURNED TO LAND AND DECLARED AN EMER AFTER LOSING PWR ON 1 ENG DURING INITIAL CLB.

Narrative: ON INITIAL CLB FROM RWY 14L, NOTICED PARTIAL PWR LOSS. HEARD VOICE WARNING 'ENG CTL.' (#1 ENG). CAPT ADVANCED PWR LEVER, BUT ONLY 40 PERCENT OF TORQUE COULD BE RECOVERED. DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED FOR LNDG ON 14L.

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.