MD80 FO RPTS AN OVER-TEMP ON #2 ENG START REQUIRING A MAINT INSPECTION WHICH THE CAPT DISREGARDED.

Date: 2006-07 · Aircraft: MD-83 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

MD80 FO RPTS AN OVER-TEMP ON #2 ENG START REQUIRING A MAINT INSPECTION WHICH THE CAPT DISREGARDED.

Narrative

#1 ENG STARTED NORMALLY WITHIN LIMITATIONS CRITERIA DURING PUSHBACK FROM TERMINAL. AFTER SELECTING THE #2 FUEL LEVER TO ON; I REMARKED 'THIS IS GOING TO BE A WARM ONE' AS I WATCHED THE EGT RISE. I THEN SAID 'FLASHING EGT' AND THEN 'THAT IS AN OVER-TEMP' AS THE EGT PASSED 475 DEGS AND PEAKED AT 485 DEGS ON THE DIGITAL DISPLAY. CAPT OFFERED NO RESPONSE. I REPEATED MYSELF BY SAYING 'THAT WAS AN OVER-TEMP' AND CAPT ASKED 'HOW HIGH?' I SAID '485 DEGS' AND CAPT AGAIN OFFERED NO RESPONSE AND BEGAN TO TAXI AND CALLED FOR TKOF FLAPS. I SHOWED CAPT BULLETIN DATED JUN/FRI/06; REQUIRING OVER-TEMPS OVER 475 DEGS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME TO SHUT DOWN THE ENG; MAKE A LOGBOOK ENTRY AND HAVE A MAINT INSPECTION PERFORMED BEFORE ATTEMPTING A RESTART. CAPT TOOK MY MANUAL; READ THE BULLETIN AND HANDED IT BACK TO ME WITH NO RESPONSE AND CONTINUED TO TAXI FOR TKOF ON RWY 18L. UPON LNDG IN SAT; I BRIEFED THE OUTBOUND CAPT ON THE OVER-TEMP AND HE ASKED THE AGENT TO CALL MAINT FOR AN APPROPRIATE INSPECTION. THE OUTBOUND CAPT SAID INBOUND CAPT DID NOT MENTION THE OVER-TEMP TO HIM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 703467: DURING PUSHBACK FROM THE GATE AT DFW WHILE STARTING THE L ENG; I WAS DISTR BY THE GND MAN TALKING TO ME. AFTER START THE FO SAID THE EGT REACHED 485 DEGS. I THOUGHT THAT AFTER THE STARTER CUT OUT THAT THE POST START TEMPS APPLIED. SINCE THE TEMP WAS BELOW 590 DEGS I ELECTED TO CONTINUE. HOWEVER AFTER TALKING TO THE FO ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY I REALIZED THAT THE OVER-TEMP OCCURRED DURING THE START. I ALSO NOW REALIZE I SHOULD HAVE MADE AN INFO TO MAINT UNDER MY FIRST ASSUMPTION BECAUSE THE TEMP FELL WITHIN THE 480-590 DEG RANGE. HOWEVER SINCE THE OVER-TEMP OCCURRED DURING THE START WE SHOULD HAVE SHUT IT DOWN AND CALLED MAINT.

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