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Flight crew of a B757 experienced a flameout during high altitude descent and made a successful relight at a lower altitude. They communicated their problem with company maintenance during descent.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 390266 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ukw airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 39500 msl bound upper : 39500 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw |
| 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 | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 390266 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 390267 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Location: 40 mi from direct bambe. Cleared FL410 to FL240. Descent began, throttles back to idle. Right engine quit at FL395, possible rollback. Continued descent and cleared to 15000 ft. At FL220 did relight procedure and got a successful relight. All parameters and functions normal through approach and landing. Notified dispatch in air after relight. Did not declare an emergency because of relight event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 EXPERIENCED A FLAMEOUT DURING HIGH ALT DSCNT AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL RELIGHT AT A LOWER ALT. THEY COMMUNICATED THEIR PROB WITH COMPANY MAINT DURING DSCNT.
Narrative: LOCATION: 40 MI FROM DIRECT BAMBE. CLRED FL410 TO FL240. DSCNT BEGAN, THROTTLES BACK TO IDLE. R ENG QUIT AT FL395, POSSIBLE ROLLBACK. CONTINUED DSCNT AND CLRED TO 15000 FT. AT FL220 DID RELIGHT PROC AND GOT A SUCCESSFUL RELIGHT. ALL PARAMETERS AND FUNCTIONS NORMAL THROUGH APCH AND LNDG. NOTIFIED DISPATCH IN AIR AFTER RELIGHT. DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER BECAUSE OF RELIGHT EVENT.
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.