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A B727 flight crew continues to destination airport after experiencing an in-flight engine shut down. This was caused by an aircraft equipment problem, an open engine fuel heat valve.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 349181 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : iah |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 349181 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 349417 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Fuel heat light came on with switch in off position. Oil temperature rose into the caution zone. Could not get the valve to close. Shut down #3 engine as per operations manual. After talking with dispatch and maintenance. The captain decided to continue to dfw instead of landing at a closer airport. No other problems encountered. Supplemental information from acn 349417: after cycling the switch and checking circuit breakers within 15 mins of the event we did a precautionary shut down of #3 engine. We declared an emergency to receive priority ATC handling.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 FLC CONTINUES TO DEST ARPT AFTER EXPERIENCING AN INFLT ENG SHUT DOWN. THIS WAS CAUSED BY AN ACFT EQUIP PROB, AN OPEN ENG FUEL HEAT VALVE.
Narrative: FUEL HEAT LIGHT CAME ON WITH SWITCH IN OFF POS. OIL TEMP ROSE INTO THE CAUTION ZONE. COULD NOT GET THE VALVE TO CLOSE. SHUT DOWN #3 ENG AS PER OPS MANUAL. AFTER TALKING WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT. THE CAPT DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO DFW INSTEAD OF LNDG AT A CLOSER ARPT. NO OTHER PROBS ENCOUNTERED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 349417: AFTER CYCLING THE SWITCH AND CHKING CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITHIN 15 MINS OF THE EVENT WE DID A PRECAUTIONARY SHUT DOWN OF #3 ENG. WE DECLARED AN EMER TO RECEIVE PRIORITY ATC HANDLING.
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.