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EMB120 flight crew secures left engine due to bleed air leak, declares an emergency and returns to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 576296 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure sid : n/s |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 576296 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 576454 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : bleed air duct leak indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On departure we had a duct leak. We followed the checklist and shut the left engine down. Emergency was declared. Landed single engine. Company's unusual occurrence report was also filled out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB120 FLT CREW SECURES L ENG DUE TO BLEED AIR LEAK, DECLARES AN EMER AND RETURNS TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: ON DEP WE HAD A DUCT LEAK. WE FOLLOWED THE CHKLIST AND SHUT THE L ENG DOWN. EMER WAS DECLARED. LANDED SINGLE ENG. COMPANY'S UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE RPT WAS ALSO FILLED OUT.
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.