FLC MADE TKOF WITH MAX PWR RESULTING IN A DIFFERENTIAL OF THE EPR FROM BOTH ENGS.

Date: 1994-07 · Aircraft: Fokker 100 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC MADE TKOF WITH MAX PWR RESULTING IN A DIFFERENTIAL OF THE EPR FROM BOTH ENGS.

Narrative

THE WIND WAS RPTED AS CALM BUT THE WINDSOCK NEAR RWY 20C SHOWED A SLIGHT TAILWIND; SO I CHOSE TO USE MAX TKOF PWR FOR THIS DEP. IT WAS THE FO'S LEG AND THE PWR SETTING AND TRANSFER OF THE THROTTLES WERE NORMAL. THE INDICES WERE SET FOR MAX TKOF PWR OF 1.7 EPR AND ALL ENG TAPE INDICATIONS; EPR; TGT; N1; N2 WERE EVEN BTWN THE L AND R ENGS. HOWEVER; THE DIGITAL EPR INDICATION SHOWED THE L ENG TO BE 1.7 EPR AND THE R ENG 1.68 EPR. SINCE WE WERE ABOVE 80 KTS I DID NOT CHANGE THE PWR FOR SUCH A MINOR DIFFERENCE. WITH MY HAND ON THE THROTTLES I COULD FEEL THAT THE R THROTTLE WAS APPROX HALF OF A KNOB FORWARD OF THE L AND THIS IS WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT THE R THROTTLE WAS AT THE FORWARD STOP -- FIREWALL -- POS. SINCE WE WERE IN EXCESS OF 100 KTS I OPTED TO CONTINUE THE TKOF FOR SAFETY. THE FLT CONTINUED IN AN UNEVENTFUL AND NORMAL FASHION. IN DISCUSSING OUR SIT TO TUL TECH VIA THE BNA MAINT. THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR SIT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED RESULTING IN THE ACFT BEING REMOVED FROM SVC WITHOUT A TIMELY PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE OR MIKE PAX.

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