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B737-200 flight crew has engine overheat warning and returns to departure airport for an uneventful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 703766 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11900 flight time type : 7900 |
| ASRS Report | 703766 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Once we departed the forward annunciator overheat light began flickering on and off with the corresponding #2 engine overheat light flickering on and off. The first officer idented the engine and called all engine instrument parameters normal. We requested from tower a return to the field and on leveloff; with bringing power back; the flickering stopped. We ran QRH; checklists and returned for normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-200 FLT CREW HAS ENG OVERHEAT WARNING AND RETURNS TO DEP ARPT FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
Narrative: ONCE WE DEPARTED THE FORWARD ANNUNCIATOR OVERHEAT LIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING ON AND OFF WITH THE CORRESPONDING #2 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT FLICKERING ON AND OFF. THE FO IDENTED THE ENG AND CALLED ALL ENG INST PARAMETERS NORMAL. WE REQUESTED FROM TWR A RETURN TO THE FIELD AND ON LEVELOFF; WITH BRINGING PWR BACK; THE FLICKERING STOPPED. WE RAN QRH; CHKLISTS AND RETURNED FOR NORMAL LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.