Alchemy
Well-Known Member
Fly safely out there. Today I got an eye-opening reminder of exactly why we train the way we do.
Climbing out of Houston at 2000 ft, I hear a WHAP! and a buffet in the flight controls.....I thought for sure a bird had hit the plane, then I feel the ERJ yaw to the left.
Next I see the Engine Indications for our #1 engine decreasing to idle values and the "E1 OUT" warning appears. Long story short, for a presently unknown reason the engine decided to fail. We recieved box vectors for about 15 minutes while we burned off some fuel and completed the appropriate checklists. We landed relatviely uneventfully under the power of our remaining engine after executing a successful ILS approach with ceilings at about 600 OVC. It was my leg and the captain was running the checklists for me. I think I had the easier job, as running an expanded Engine Failure Precautionary shutdown checklist isn't exactly easy, especially when you want to get the airplane on the ground as soon as possible.
So I guess these supposedly ultra-reliable jet engines aren't as bulletproof as some would have you believe.. 1000 hrs in skyhawks and I never had anything like this....
The mechanics' best guesses were that a gear in the Engine's Fuel Pumping and Metering Unit failed, starving the engine of fuel. There was no visible damage to the engine on the walk around, it still had full oil and no fluid leakage on the nacelle.
Just thought I'd share this little "war story" with jetcareers....
Climbing out of Houston at 2000 ft, I hear a WHAP! and a buffet in the flight controls.....I thought for sure a bird had hit the plane, then I feel the ERJ yaw to the left.
Next I see the Engine Indications for our #1 engine decreasing to idle values and the "E1 OUT" warning appears. Long story short, for a presently unknown reason the engine decided to fail. We recieved box vectors for about 15 minutes while we burned off some fuel and completed the appropriate checklists. We landed relatviely uneventfully under the power of our remaining engine after executing a successful ILS approach with ceilings at about 600 OVC. It was my leg and the captain was running the checklists for me. I think I had the easier job, as running an expanded Engine Failure Precautionary shutdown checklist isn't exactly easy, especially when you want to get the airplane on the ground as soon as possible.
So I guess these supposedly ultra-reliable jet engines aren't as bulletproof as some would have you believe.. 1000 hrs in skyhawks and I never had anything like this....
The mechanics' best guesses were that a gear in the Engine's Fuel Pumping and Metering Unit failed, starving the engine of fuel. There was no visible damage to the engine on the walk around, it still had full oil and no fluid leakage on the nacelle.Just thought I'd share this little "war story" with jetcareers....
