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B727 flight crew makes precautionary engine shutdown but fails to notify ATC as per company flight operations manual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 352209 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : vuz |
| State Reference | AL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 39000 msl bound upper : 39000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zme |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 21000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 352209 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
#1 engine precautionary shutdown, FL390 inbound to stl. Performed engine failure procedures, called dispatch via commercial radio advising them of situation and decision to continue on to stl. Discussed with first officer and flight engineer that there was no need to declare an emergency. Normal descent and landing. After parked at gate, looked up in company flight operations publication section covering abnormals and realized I was to have advise ATC engine shut down even though we were not declaring an emergency. Possible contributing factor in not thinking of importance of notifying ATC is, after shutdown checklist and talking to jfk dispatch, we were well into our descent on the arrival route. No passenger on board. Hindsight -- review the flight operations publication prior to landing, be sure all procedures complied with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FLC MAKES PRECAUTIONARY ENG SHUTDOWN BUT FAILS TO NOTIFY ATC AS PER COMPANY FLT OPS MANUAL.
Narrative: #1 ENG PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN, FL390 INBOUND TO STL. PERFORMED ENG FAILURE PROCS, CALLED DISPATCH VIA COMMERCIAL RADIO ADVISING THEM OF SIT AND DECISION TO CONTINUE ON TO STL. DISCUSSED WITH FO AND FE THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO DECLARE AN EMER. NORMAL DSCNT AND LNDG. AFTER PARKED AT GATE, LOOKED UP IN COMPANY FLT OPS PUB SECTION COVERING ABNORMALS AND REALIZED I WAS TO HAVE ADVISE ATC ENG SHUT DOWN EVEN THOUGH WE WERE NOT DECLARING AN EMER. POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN NOT THINKING OF IMPORTANCE OF NOTIFYING ATC IS, AFTER SHUTDOWN CHKLIST AND TALKING TO JFK DISPATCH, WE WERE WELL INTO OUR DSCNT ON THE ARR RTE. NO PAX ON BOARD. HINDSIGHT -- REVIEW THE FLT OPS PUB PRIOR TO LNDG, BE SURE ALL PROCS COMPLIED WITH.
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.