Engine failure during climb out.

Attributes
ACN	302348
Time
Date	199504
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : vuz
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8500 msl bound upper : 8500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : ztl
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	302348
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	301651
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 none taken : unable none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

During climb out at 8500 ft, left engine failed indicated by a loud thump and yaw to left, along with rapidly rising temperature indication. Engine was shutdown in accordance with appropriate checklists, emergency was declared with controling facility, and request for return to nearest suitable airport made - bhm. Appropriate checklists were completed, and single engine landing was uneventfully made. Crew coordination was superb! Left engine was now windmilling and causing a very bad vibration so I adjusted the pitch of the propeller using the propeller auxiliary pump and the vibration immediately stopped. The vibration gradually came back as the propeller adjusted itself to its former feathered position. There is no procedure for this, but it did work.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG FAILURE DURING CLBOUT.

Narrative: DURING CLBOUT AT 8500 FT, L ENG FAILED INDICATED BY A LOUD THUMP AND YAW TO L, ALONG WITH RAPIDLY RISING TEMP INDICATION. ENG WAS SHUTDOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS, EMER WAS DECLARED WITH CTLING FACILITY, AND REQUEST FOR RETURN TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT MADE - BHM. APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED, AND SINGLE ENG LNDG WAS UNEVENTFULLY MADE. CREW COORD WAS SUPERB! L ENG WAS NOW WINDMILLING AND CAUSING A VERY BAD VIBRATION SO I ADJUSTED THE PITCH OF THE PROP USING THE PROP AUX PUMP AND THE VIBRATION IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. THE VIBRATION GRADUALLY CAME BACK AS THE PROP ADJUSTED ITSELF TO ITS FORMER FEATHERED POS. THERE IS NO PROC FOR THIS, BUT IT DID WORK.

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.