2025-12 · NASA ASRS report 2314751
Air carrier flight crew reported a rejected take off due to engine control light indication. Flight returned to the gate.
Aircraft was on a maintenance discrepancy for repeated #1 Engine control light illumination. Restricted and monitored for 5 days. First occurrence was Day 0. Inbound captain told local maintenance that the light illuminated after landing. Local maintenance said that because it went out and they saw no history of it; the jet was good to go no need to fill out logbook. No entry was made in log book documenting this. Our preflight; briefing; engine start and taxi were uneventful. After I was cleared for takeoff; I advanced power to 40% N1. Both engines stabilized. I released brakes and immediately got a master caution light and #1 engine control light. I rejected takeoff. We coordinated with tower to return to gate and contacted maintenance. After maintenance arrived and I informed them of a history; they took the aircraft out of service. Cause: The root cause of the light has not been determined in greater than 1 month. It appears as all attempts to repair have been temporary. In the future more effort should be made to permanently repair the aircraft before returning it to service.
Aircraft was on a maintenance discrepancy for repeated left engine control lights. Inbound flight had same light on landing and after calling maintenance it was determined since the light was out there was no need to make a write up. All operations before the take off was completely normal. Once captain called TOGA that's when master caution light illuminated. Captain rejected the take off and we coordinated with tower to return to the gate. Maintenance was called and and aircraft was taken out of service. Cause: There was a long history of this issue with this aircraft therefore recommend a way for maintenance to better track how many times same issues occur and have a procedure to remove aircraft from service once the same issues occurs a certain number of times.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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