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A B737-500 in climb at 15500 ft, the right engine surged. Flight crew disconnected autothrottle and advanced throttle and again the engine surged. Egt went to 1200 degrees. Reduced engine to flight idle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 635153 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200410 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zhu.artcc |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 15500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zhu.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 635153 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 635154 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : exhaust gas temp indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overrode automation |
| Consequence | other other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
#2 engine temperature went to about 1200 degrees. Referenced engine limit/surge/stall checklist. Ran engine at reduced power for the remainder of the flight. Normal landing. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said when maintenance noted the temperature logged in the book the airplane was taken OTS for an engine change.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 IN CLB AT 15500 FT, THE R ENG SURGED. FLT CREW DISCONNECTED AUTOTHROTTLE AND ADVANCED THROTTLE AND AGAIN THE ENG SURGED. EGT WENT TO 1200 DEGS. REDUCED ENG TO FLT IDLE.
Narrative: #2 ENG TEMP WENT TO ABOUT 1200 DEGS. REFED ENG LIMIT/SURGE/STALL CHKLIST. RAN ENG AT REDUCED PWR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. NORMAL LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID WHEN MAINT NOTED THE TEMP LOGGED IN THE BOOK THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKEN OTS FOR AN ENG CHANGE.
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.