A cockpit jumpseat rider points out an engine overtemp that had been unnoticed by the flight crew.

Attributes
ACN	590692
Time
Date	200308
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : d10.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	590692
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : egt gage other other : 3 jumpseat pax
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After takeoff, the jumpseater said that he thought we may have overtemped the engines. He noticed that when we selected climb power, that he noticed our engine temperatures had reached a temperature of 680 degrees on the right engine and 630-640 degree temperature on the left engine. At that point, I could not understand why that would have happened. Upon further review, we noticed that the EPR reference set knobs were pulled out and were reading well above 2.00. I don't remember the exact reading of the EPR reference bug. This all started on the inbound flight with being rerted due to WX and then getting in a hurry because we were pressed for time to get the next flight out. The bottom line is we got into too much of a hurry. Contributing factors: the aircraft had just came from the hangar and several items were out of place and we failed to catch all of them on our preflight and taxi out. One of the missed items happened to be the EPR settings. I also feel my not being real comfortable with the aircraft due to low time and lack of experience played a major role in all of this.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A COCKPIT JUMPSEAT RIDER POINTS OUT AN ENG OVERTEMP THAT HAD BEEN UNNOTICED BY THE FLT CREW.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, THE JUMPSEATER SAID THAT HE THOUGHT WE MAY HAVE OVERTEMPED THE ENGS. HE NOTICED THAT WHEN WE SELECTED CLB PWR, THAT HE NOTICED OUR ENG TEMPS HAD REACHED A TEMP OF 680 DEGS ON THE R ENG AND 630-640 DEG TEMP ON THE L ENG. AT THAT POINT, I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, WE NOTICED THAT THE EPR REF SET KNOBS WERE PULLED OUT AND WERE READING WELL ABOVE 2.00. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT READING OF THE EPR REF BUG. THIS ALL STARTED ON THE INBOUND FLT WITH BEING RERTED DUE TO WX AND THEN GETTING IN A HURRY BECAUSE WE WERE PRESSED FOR TIME TO GET THE NEXT FLT OUT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE GOT INTO TOO MUCH OF A HURRY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE ACFT HAD JUST CAME FROM THE HANGAR AND SEVERAL ITEMS WERE OUT OF PLACE AND WE FAILED TO CATCH ALL OF THEM ON OUR PREFLT AND TAXI OUT. ONE OF THE MISSED ITEMS HAPPENED TO BE THE EPR SETTINGS. I ALSO FEEL MY NOT BEING REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THE ACFT DUE TO LOW TIME AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN ALL OF THIS.

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.