B737-300 flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land after shutting down the left engine due to the thrust reverser unlock warning light illuminating when leveling off during departure climb out.

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Attributes
ACN	556077
Time
Date	200208
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl single value : 23000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	556077
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Leveling off at FL230, #1 reverser unlocked warning light illuminated. Stayed at FL230, went through checklist. Captain decided to return to clt. Checklist recommended to shut engine down. Declared an emergency, shut #1 engine down per checklist. Landed on runway 26L in clt without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE L ENG DUE TO THE THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING WHEN LEVELING OFF DURING DEP CLBOUT.

Narrative: LEVELING OFF AT FL230, #1 REVERSER UNLOCKED WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. STAYED AT FL230, WENT THROUGH CHKLIST. CAPT DECIDED TO RETURN TO CLT. CHKLIST RECOMMENDED TO SHUT ENG DOWN. DECLARED AN EMER, SHUT #1 ENG DOWN PER CHKLIST. LANDED ON RWY 26L IN CLT WITHOUT 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.