Flight crew of an large transport air carrier aircraft declared an emergency and returned to land due to an engine malfunction of one of the 2 engines.

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Attributes
ACN	267168
Time
Date	199403
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : msp
State Reference	MN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp tower : den
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 14232 flight time type : 3012
ASRS Report	267168
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Shortly before level off, received an engine malfunction message on ECAM. Company was consulted and a decision was made to return to msp. An emergency was declared, spoilers were used on descent and level offs (before the approach) to reduce weight as much as possible (no fuel dump system). An overweight landing was accomplished uneventfully. All applicable checklists and procedures were followed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LGT ACR ACFT DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO AN ENG MALFUNCTION OF ONE OF THE 2 ENGS.

Narrative: SHORTLY BEFORE LEVEL OFF, RECEIVED AN ENG MALFUNCTION MESSAGE ON ECAM. COMPANY WAS CONSULTED AND A DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO MSP. AN EMER WAS DECLARED, SPOILERS WERE USED ON DSCNT AND LEVEL OFFS (BEFORE THE APCH) TO REDUCE WT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE (NO FUEL DUMP SYS). AN OVERWT LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED UNEVENTFULLY. ALL APPLICABLE CHKLISTS AND PROCS WERE FOLLOWED.

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.