ANTI ICING ALL ON EXCEPT CONTINUOUS IGNITION. ACFT ACQUIRED ICE AT 11000. ON DSCNT ICE AROUND L ENG INLET ENTERED AIR SCOOP. ENG FLAMED OUT. WAS RESTARTED AT 7000 FT.

Date: 1991-09 · Aircraft: Light Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence

Synopsis

ANTI ICING ALL ON EXCEPT CONTINUOUS IGNITION. ACFT ACQUIRED ICE AT 11000. ON DSCNT ICE AROUND L ENG INLET ENTERED AIR SCOOP. ENG FLAMED OUT. WAS RESTARTED AT 7000 FT.

Narrative

WE HAD ENCOUNTERED MODERATE ICING CONDITIONS AT 11000 FT. ALL ICING PROTECTION WAS ON PRIOR TO ENTERING THE ICING CONDITIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONTINUOUS IGNITION. PROP DEICE; WINDSHIELD HEAT; PITOT HEAT; AND ENG INLET HEAT ALL SEEMED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CAPT NOTICED AN ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON THE L ENG INLET. UPON DSCNT; AND SUBSEQUENT LEVEL OFF AT 7000 FT THE #1 (L) ENG FLAMED OUT. WE CONFIRMED THE ENG FAILURE AND INITIATED THE ENG FAILURE PROC. WE THEN INITIATED THE ENG RESTART PROC. WE SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED THE #1 ENG WITHIN 45 SECONDS OF CONFIRMING THE ENG FAILURE. NO ALT WAS LOST AND WE CONTINUED A NORMAL FLT AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG AT ANCHORAGE. I BELIEVE OUR DSCNT TO 7000 FT LOOSENED THE ICE BUILDUP ON THE #1 ENG INLET. ENOUGH ICE MAY HAVE BEEN INGESTED INTO THE INLET TO CAUSE THE ENG TO FLAME OUT. SINCE CONTINUOUS IGNITION WAS NOT ON AT THE TIME OF ENG FAILURE; THERE WAS NO SOURCE OF IGNITION TO SUSTAIN THE FLAME DURING THE APPARENT ICE INGESTION. A FLAMEOUT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE CONTINUOUS IGNITION BEEN ON. A SUBSEQUENT CHK OF ALL ICE PROTECTION SYS; INCLUDING THE ENG INLET HEAT; SHOWED ALL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

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