AN ACR MLG CREW WROTE UP AN ENG OVERSPD WRONG IN THE LOGBOOK.
Synopsis
AN ACR MLG CREW WROTE UP AN ENG OVERSPD WRONG IN THE LOGBOOK.
Narrative
DURING ROLLOUT ON FLT X AT HA21 AM; COPLT APPLIED MAX REVERSE THRUST (STANDARD). WE RECEIVED A 3 BELL CHIME BUT LOOKING AT ENG INSTS APPEARED NORMAL. SINCE WE SAW NO VISUAL SIGNS OF OVERSPD (NORMAL N2 TAPE TURNS RED) WE DID NOT WRITE IT UP. NEXT LEG I LANDED USING IDLE REVERSE. DURING NEXT ROLLOUT AT XB15 PM; AS COPLT ENGAGED REVERSE THRUST TO MAX REVERSE; I CALLED EPR READINGS AND AGAIN WE RECEIVED 3 BELL CHIME BUT THIS TIME N2 ON ENG #1 TAPE TURNED RED. COPLT QUICKLY REDUCED REVERSE. FOR MAINT LOG; I ASKED COPLT WHAT WAS MAX N2 DURING OVERSPD SINCE I WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE AND DID NOT SEE N2. HE SAID IT WAS 106 PERCENT AND I WROTE IT UP ACCORDINGLY. SEVERAL HRS LATER (4); HE REALIZED THAT MAX REVERSE THRUST PARAMETERS (RED LINE) MOVES DOWN TO 93 PERCENT DURING THRUST REVERSE OP. THEREFORE; WE ADVISED MAINT THAT OVERSPD WAS ONLY TO 96 PERCENT. MAINT SAID IT DID NOT MATTER BECAUSE THE SAME ENG OVERHEATED TO 900 DEGS C DURING FERRY FLT TO PIT. SUGGESTIONS: WE SHOULD BE USING LESS THAN MAX REVERSE THRUST (SECOND DETENT). THIS PUTS N2 RIGHT AT 93 PERCENT WHICH IS ITS MAX. THIS ACFT HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP EARLIER THAT THEY COULD NOT GET REVERSE LEVEL PAST IDLE POS. WRITE-UP HAD BEEN CLRED AND TESTED. THEY MUST NOT HAVE TESTED IT TO THE SECOND DETENT BECAUSE WE HAD SAME PROB AND WROTE IT UP AGAIN AFTER ABOVE INCIDENT.
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