FLC OF AN ACR SMT ACFT FAILED TO PROPERLY RPT AN ENG SHUTDOWN INFLT AS REQUIRED. INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN.

Date: 1993-04 · Aircraft: Small Transport

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC OF AN ACR SMT ACFT FAILED TO PROPERLY RPT AN ENG SHUTDOWN INFLT AS REQUIRED. INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN.

Narrative

ON APR/SUN/93 I WAS FLYING AN SMT ON A SCHEDULED FLT FROM SJU TO VIRGIN GORDA; BVI. ON SHORT FINAL AT APPROX 50-100 FT; CAPT (WHO WAS FLYING THE ACFT) DECLARED TO ME THAT WE HAD AN EMER IN THE L ENG; AND WAS GOING AROUND. ON THE GAR WE DETERMINED THAT THE BETA BACKUP SYS HAD FAILED. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO PULL THE CIRCUIT BREAKER; THEN NORMAL OPS SHOULD RESUME. UNKNOWN TO ME; THE CAPT PULLED THE WRONG CIRCUIT BREAKER. THINKING THE PROPER CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN PULLED AND NORMAL OP NOT RESUMING; I SUGGESTED AN ENG SHUTDOWN. AFTER THE SHUTDOWN THE CAPT REALIZED HE HAD PULLED THE WRONG CIRCUIT BREAKER. HE FIXED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PROB AND PERFORMED AN AIR START OF THE #1 ENG AND LANDED AT KVIJ WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER THE FLT; IT WAS AGREED UPON THAT THE CAPT WOULD SUBMIT A RPT DETAILING THE INCIDENT. I; THE FO; WOULD NOT SUBMIT A RPT UNLESS IT WAS REQUESTED. ON MAY/XX/93 I WAS CONTACTED BY OUR CHIEF PLT AND QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INCIDENT. APPARENTLY CAPT DID NOT TURN IN A RPT; AND THE CHIEF PLT HAD HEARD ABOUT THE INCIDENT THROUGH THE RUMOR MILL. I EXPLAINED WHAT HAD BEEN AGREED UPON BTWN THE CAPT AND MYSELF; THEN PROCEEDED TO TURN IN MY OWN RPT. THERE IS A QUESTION OF THE CAPT'S COMPETENCY. HE DID NOT ADHERE TO PROCS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EMER; THEN HE TRIED TO BLAME HIS OWN INCOMPETENCIES ON ME. IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO DECEIVE THE COMPANY OR THE FAA; AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS THE PIC'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RPT THESE THINGS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.