A-320 CREW HAD #1 ENG FLAMEOUT.

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I WAS IN THE FORWARD LAVATORY WHEN THE ENGINE FLAMEOUT OCCURRED. WE WERE AT FL390 IN CLR SMOOTH AIR AND HAD A DIRECT CLRNC TO LAA. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT; THE FO INFORMED ME HE HAD RUN THE ECAM PROC TO RELIGHT AND ASKED PERMISSION TO ATTEMPT A RELIGHT OF THE ENG. HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD DECLARED AN EMER AND INITIATED A DSCNT. HE STATED THAT WE WERE PRESENTLY AT FL350 LEVEL AND LOSING AIRSPD. I CHKED AIRSPD AND WE WERE IN A VERY SLOW DECELERATION PASSING 230 KTS. I TOLD HIM I HAD THE AIRPLANE AND TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE ALSO TOLD ME HE PUT THE REMAINING ENG IN MAX CONTINUOUS. WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLRNC FOR LOWER ALT. FINAL CHOICE WAS TO CONTINUE DSCNT TO FL200. THE FO RECONFIRMED HIS CHKLIST PROCS AS HE WAITED TO ENTER THE ENVELOPE FOR RESTART. INFLT ENG START. HE ALSO SUGGESTED AN APU START AS A BACK-UP GENERATOR. GENERATOR WAS STARTED AND CAME ON LINE. PAX AND FUEL ON BOARD WERE RELAYED TO ATC. THEY SUGGESTED LAA OR LBL AS LNDG SITES. I TOLD THEM WE WERE ALREADY LEANING TOWARD AMA BECAUSE WE WERE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT. WE HAD DEEMED IT MORE SUITABLE TO SAFETY. THE FO FOLLOWED THE CHKLISTS AND ATTEMPTED 2 RESTARTS OF THE ENG WITH NO LUCK BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUEL FLOW. FIRST ATTEMPT WAS AT FL292 AND THE SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE ABOUT FL240. WE ALSO HAD A FAULT LIGHT APPEAR ON THE ENG START AND IGNITION PANEL DURING THE SECOND ATTEMPT. THE FO XREFED THE APPLICABLE CHKLIST IN THE BOOK ON FADEC FAULTS. AS THE FO WAS RUNNING CHKLIST; I CONCERNED MYSELF WITH MY PRESENT POS; POSSIBLE DIVERSION ARPTS; AND ABOUT ACFT DRIFT DOWN AND WHERE WE WERE GOING TO END UP AS A FINAL ALT. AS WE DIVERTED TO AMA; THE FO SENT A MESSAGE TO DISPATCH TO BRING THEM UP TO SPD ON OUR SIT. WE RECEIVED A REPLY FROM DISPATCH CONFIRMING THAT AMA WAS NOTIFIED AND STANDING BY FOR OUR ARR. ATC ALSO ASKED IF WE WOULD LIKE EQUIP STANDING BY; WE SAID YES AND TO RELAY TO THEM THAT WE EXPECTED A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG. WHEN THE FO FINISHED SENDING HIS MESSAGE; HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED HIM TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. I TOLD HIM I SHOULD DO THAT AND CTL OF THE ACFT WAS GIVEN TO THE FO AS I MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PAX. PAX WERE INFORMED OF ENG FAILURE; ALL OTHER SYS BEING OPERATIONAL; GOOD HYDS; GOOD BRAKES; AND THE FACT THE APU WAS PRESENTLY RUNNING AS A BACK-UP GENERATOR. I TOLD THEM WE WOULD HAVE THEM ON THE GND IN AMARILLO IN APPROX 20 MINS. I THEN BRIEFED THE PURSER. I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD TOLD THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS OR ANY PAX. NO PAX HAD BEEN INFORMED; BUT THE OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS HAD BEEN. I GAVE HER THE NTSB LIST OF ITEMS AND ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THE PURSER ASKED ME IF I WANTED HER TO PREPARE THE CABIN. I STATED THAT WE WOULD DO A CABIN ADVISORY. I TOLD HER THAT WE EXPECTED A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG AND THAT WE EXPECTED NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS; ALTHOUGH IT WAS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO REVIEW THEIR INFO JUST IN CASE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED OCCURRED. I ALSO INFORMED HER THAT WE HAD EMER EQUIP STANDING BY AND THAT SHE MAY SEE TRUCKS FOLLOWING THE ACFT. WE THEN LOADED THE COMPUTERS AND BRIEFED THE APCH TO RWY 22 IN AMA. WX WAS CLR WITH THE WIND OUT OF THE S AT ABOUT 10 KTS. WITH TIME REMAINING; THE FO DID ONE MORE GLANCE THROUGH ALL CHKLISTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD NOT MISSED ANY ITEMS. WE HAD A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG ON CTRLINE AND IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. WE ARRIVED AT THE RAMP WITH FIRE TRUCKS FOLLOWING US AND SHUTDOWN THE REMAINING ENG AND DID THE CHKLIST. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE TO THE PAX ASKING THEM TO BE PATIENT AS WOULD NOW CONTACT COMPANY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED FOR US. THE FO AND I THEN STARTED A DEBRIEFING AFTER HE HANDED ME THE FLAMEOUT/COMPRESSOR STALL/THRUST LOSS RPT PAGE. I WANTED TO GET ON THE PHONE WITH MAINT TO GIVE THEM A BRIEF AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. SO I ASKED THE FO TO DEBRIEF ME ON ALL THAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS NOT IN THE COCKPIT DURING THE ENG FLAMEOUT. HE DEBRIEFED ME AS I TOOK NOTES. DURING THIS DEBRIEF; I NOTICED THAT THE FIRE DEPT WAS STILL PARKED AROUND THE ACFT WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPT. I TOLD GND CTL THAT THEY COULD RELEASE THE FIRE DEPT. A CONFERENCE CALL TOOK PLACE BTWN ME; DISPATCHER; SAFETY OFFICER; AND A MAINT CTLR REPRESENTATIVE. DEBRIEF WAS BASED ON THE FLAMEOUT RPT AND I THEN ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS THEY EACH HAD. THE FO LATER FILLED IN OTHER DETAILS TO BOTH THE MAIN REPRESENTATIVE AND THE SAFETY OFFICER. AT THIS POINT; MANY ITEMS IN RELATION TO PAX CARE; CREW ASSIGNMENTS AND MAINT COORD TOOK PLACE. PAX WERE TAKEN CARE OF. OUR CREW ASSIGNMENT WAS KNOWN SHORTLY AFTER THE CONFERENCE CALL I HAD WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND CONFIRMED THROUGH THE CREW DESK. THE PLAN OF ATTACK WAS FOR THE FO AND I TO REMAIN OVERNIGHT WITH THE ACFT AND POSSIBLY FLY IT OUT OR JUST DEADHEAD THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE SAFETY OFFICER AT MY REQUEST HAD VERIFIED WITH THE FAA THAT WE WERE OK FOR A RETURN TO FLT STATUS. THE ACR POI WAS IN A MEETING BUT INFORMED; AS WAS THE CHIEF PLT. MY MIND SET AT THIS POINT WAS TO PRIORITIZE THE PAX AND COORD OF THE INCOMING FLT AS WELL AS COORDINATE A PROB WE WERE HAVING WITH THE PAX AND THE TSA. ALL PROBS WERE RESOLVED. AS THE PLANE ARRIVED; WE ASSISTED AS BEST WE COULD IN GETTING THE AIRPLANE AND PEOPLE READY TO GO. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 584958: ON THE GND; WE CALLED OUR MAINT AND DEBRIEFED THEM ON WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND DOWNLOADED INFO FROM THE ACFT SYS TO FAX TO THEM. WE ALSO WORKED NUMEROUS PAX ISSUES AND COORDINATED WITH LOCAL PERSONNEL. WE WORRIED MORE ABOUT GETTING THE SPARE AIRPLANE IN WITH MECHS; AND THE PAX OUT OF AMA SINCE WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD SPEND THE NIGHT. AT THE LAST MIN; WE WERE TOLD THE CAPT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO FLY IN THE MORNING AND WE WERE TO GET ON THE SPARE ACFT AND HEAD TO DEN. THIS WAS A PROB; SINCE THE ONLY AIRSTAIRS WERE NO LONGER AT OUR ACFT WHERE OUR BAGS WERE. THE SPARE ACFT WAS WORKING A WT AND BALANCE PROB; SO WE MOVED THE STAIRS AND RETRIEVED OUR BAGS. IN OUR HASTE TO DEPART; WE MISCOMMUNICATED AND FORGOT TO FILL OUT A LOGBOOK COUPON RELATING TO OUR EVENT. WE HAD THOROUGHLY DEBRIEFED MAINT; BUT WE FAILED TO DO THE STANDARD PAPERWORK. IN HINDSIGHT; THIS PAPERWORK COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT AN EARLIER POINT IN THE PROCESS. IF THIS HAD BEEN DONE; THE PAPERWORK WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE BEFORE WE WERE TOLD TO LEAVE IN A HURRY; AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN OVERSIGHT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR INDICATED THE ENG ELECTRONIC FUEL CTL FAILED AND WOULD NOT SCHEDULE FUEL TO THE ENG. THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE ENG TO BE RESTARTED IN THAT CONDITION. THE CAPT RPTS LNDG AT AN OFF-LINE STATION IS TAXING TO THE EXTREME. ALL THE THINGS NORMALLY HANDLED BY ON-LINE STATION PERSONNEL FALL ON THE CREW'S SHOULDERS. HE SAID THE ENG FAILURE AND AN EMER LNDG WERE THE EASY PART. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE GATE; THINGS GOT COMPLICATED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS WAS THE MAINT LOG ENTRY OF THE ENG FAILURE.