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Flight crew of an large transport aborted takeoff after loss of fuel flow indication on 2 of their 3 engines.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 273065 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199406 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 273065 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 273336 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aborted takeoff. On takeoff from ord at about 90 KTS fuel flow on #1 and #3 became erratic and fell to '0.' aborted takeoff and returned to gate for maintenance. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that although the fuel flow went to '0' on the #1 and #3 engines, they did not lose power. Maintenance subsequently found that there was an electrical interruption to the 2 fuel flow gauges causing them to lose their indications. The problem was found and repaired and the flight was redispatched with no further problems. Reporter stated that he was assigned as the first officer and the reporter on accession #273336 was the captain.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LGT ABORTED TKOF AFTER LOSS OF FUEL FLOW INDICATION ON 2 OF THEIR 3 ENGS.
Narrative: ABORTED TKOF. ON TKOF FROM ORD AT ABOUT 90 KTS FUEL FLOW ON #1 AND #3 BECAME ERRATIC AND FELL TO '0.' ABORTED TKOF AND RETURNED TO GATE FOR MAINT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE FUEL FLOW WENT TO '0' ON THE #1 AND #3 ENGS, THEY DID NOT LOSE PWR. MAINT SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL INTERRUPTION TO THE 2 FUEL FLOW GAUGES CAUSING THEM TO LOSE THEIR INDICATIONS. THE PROB WAS FOUND AND REPAIRED AND THE FLT WAS REDISPATCHED WITH NO FURTHER PROBS. RPTR STATED THAT HE WAS ASSIGNED AS THE FO AND THE RPTR ON ACCESSION #273336 WAS THE CAPT.
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.