Engine failure successful restart. Maintenance follow up.

Attributes
ACN	300185
Time
Date	199503
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gua
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	300185
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Situations
Publication	Unspecified

Narrative:

B-757 aircraft en route to gua had an engine flameout. Flight crew shutdown engine, then restarted successfully with no further problems during the approach and landing. Because the air carrier did not have mechanics in gua, they contacted the local FBO for a mechanic to check the engine parameters, etc. The engine appeared normal in all respects and the probable cause was determined to be fuel starvation as a result of faulty fuel transfer when center tanks were empty. The company maintenance department had some problems in obtaining all the pertinent information for the computer data base because of communicating with a foreign FBO and language terminology. Also, a note in the trouble-shooting guide was missed due to the location which was easily missed, but since has been moved to be a more evident location.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG FAILURE SUCCESSFUL RESTART. MAINT FOLLOW UP.

Narrative: B-757 ACFT ENRTE TO GUA HAD AN ENG FLAMEOUT. FLC SHUTDOWN ENG, THEN RESTARTED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO FURTHER PROBS DURING THE APCH AND LNDG. BECAUSE THE ACR DID NOT HAVE MECHS IN GUA, THEY CONTACTED THE LCL FBO FOR A MECH TO CHK THE ENG PARAMETERS, ETC. THE ENG APPEARED NORMAL IN ALL RESPECTS AND THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FUEL STARVATION AS A RESULT OF FAULTY FUEL TRANSFER WHEN CTR TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE COMPANY MAINT DEPT HAD SOME PROBS IN OBTAINING ALL THE PERTINENT INFO FOR THE COMPUTER DATA BASE BECAUSE OF COMMUNICATING WITH A FOREIGN FBO AND LANGUAGE TERMINOLOGY. ALSO, A NOTE IN THE TROUBLE-SHOOTING GUIDE WAS MISSED DUE TO THE LOCATION WHICH WAS EASILY MISSED, BUT SINCE HAS BEEN MOVED TO BE A MORE EVIDENT LOCATION.

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.