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A B757-200 flight crew experienced high left engine vibration. They followed procedures and continued to their destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 829812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 8000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
Vibration indication on left engine in amber band. Followed QRH procedure and retarded throttle to bring indication out of amber band. Did not have to retard all the way to idle. Contacted dispatch and discussed continuing to ZZZ1 versus returning to ZZZ2. Continued to ZZZ1 with their concurrence. Elected to land flaps 20 degrees in the event of a go-around and potential power loss on left engine. Normal landing otherwise.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 flight crew experienced high left engine vibration. They followed procedures and continued to their destination.
Narrative: Vibration indication on left engine in amber band. Followed QRH procedure and retarded throttle to bring indication out of amber band. Did not have to retard all the way to idle. Contacted Dispatch and discussed continuing to ZZZ1 versus returning to ZZZ2. Continued to ZZZ1 with their concurrence. Elected to land flaps 20 degrees in the event of a go-around and potential power loss on left engine. Normal landing otherwise.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.