1996-05 · NASA ASRS report 335249
AT FL220 IN HOLDING DSCNT THE #2 ENG FLAMED OUT. THE FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RELIT THE ENG AND LANDED NORMALLY.
LOCATION: TEDDY INTXN; JVL.4 ARR. WHILE IN DSCNT ON OUR OUTBOUND LEG FROM TEDDY INTXN IN HOLDING FOR KORD AT FL220 WITH THE ENGS AT FLT IDLE AT ABOUT 210 KTS; THE #2 ENG ROLLED BACK AND WE RECEIVED AN ENG #2 FAILURE EICAS MESSAGE AND LEVEL 3 ALERT. THE ENG DID NOT RESPOND. WE FOLLOWED THE EICAS CHKLIST PROCS AND THE ENG RESTARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY THROUGH LNDG. THE ENG AND AIRFRAME ANTI-ICING SYS WERE ON AT THE TIME THOUGH WE WERE VMC; WE HAD RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS AND HAD NOT TURNED THEM OFF AT THE TIME. CHICAGO WX AND TFC CONDITIONS WERE NOT GOOD; WITH 30 MIN EFC; SO WE DETERMINED TO DECLARE AN EMER AND LAND ASAP; FLYING A SINGLE-ENG APCH PROFILE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE THOUGH BOTH ENGS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY WITH NO HINT OF ANY FURTHER PROBS. MY FO FLEW AN EXPEDITIOUS DSCNT TO A STRAIGHT-IN ON RWY 14R WITH A SMOOTH TOUCHDOWN. I RAN CHKLISTS AND TALKED TO THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND DISPATCH ALMOST UNTIL THE FAF. I ELECTED NOT TO BRIEF THE PAX; SINCE WE GOT A RELIGHT AND EVERYTHING WAS OPS NORMAL. HAD THERE BEEN ANY FURTHER HINT OF TROUBLE WE WOULD HAVE DONE A QUICK CABIN PREPARATION. WE HAD 93 SOULS ON BOARD AND 200 LBS OF FUEL. APCH CTL'S HANDLING OF THE SIT WAS GREAT; ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME MOMENTARY CONFUSION ABOUT OUR CALL SIGN; SINCE A SIMILAR CALL SIGN WAS ALSO INBOUND AT THE TIME AND AHEAD OF US IN THE HOLDING STACK.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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