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An airbus 300 en route to ZZZ declared an emergency due to flameout of #1 engine. Cause reported to be failure of a seal between the engine driven fuel pump and the fuel heat exchanger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 487010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : lead technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 487010 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| ASRS Report | 487009 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : #1 engine instructions other other : 942 |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : installation performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : inspection |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
I received a letter from the FAA and it stated that on feb/xa/00 aircraft xyz had an in-flight flameout of the left engine on its way from XXX to ZZZ, flight abc, and that work that I accomplished prior to that flight might have caused the problem. On feb/xb/00 I was sent to XXX for a fuel leak on the left engine. I replaced and leak checked the gasket between the pump and heat exchanger -- all leak checks were good. I would like to report all maintenance work that I performed on this engine that might have caused any problems with this incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIRBUS 300 ENRTE TO ZZZ DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO FLAMEOUT OF #1 ENG. CAUSE RPTED TO BE FAILURE OF A SEAL BTWN THE ENG DRIVEN FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL HEAT EXCHANGER.
Narrative: I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FAA AND IT STATED THAT ON FEB/XA/00 ACFT XYZ HAD AN INFLT FLAMEOUT OF THE L ENG ON ITS WAY FROM XXX TO ZZZ, FLT ABC, AND THAT WORK THAT I ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO THAT FLT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE PROB. ON FEB/XB/00 I WAS SENT TO XXX FOR A FUEL LEAK ON THE L ENG. I REPLACED AND LEAK CHKED THE GASKET BTWN THE PUMP AND HEAT EXCHANGER -- ALL LEAK CHKS WERE GOOD. I WOULD LIKE TO RPT ALL MAINT WORK THAT I PERFORMED ON THIS ENG THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED ANY PROBS WITH THIS INCIDENT.
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.