Return to 2000: Captain of the Great Powers

Chapter 16 Different Checklists
Erhai Airport is located in the northwest of Jianchuan City, next to Cangshan Mountain, next to Erhai Lake, and surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is really a place with excellent Fengshui.But this feng shui is too strong, and the earth's air is sometimes not a good thing.

The so-called Mengchun moon, the weather drops, the earth's atmosphere rises, the heaven and the earth are in harmony, and the vegetation sprouts.Erhai Airport enters the wind season as soon as spring begins, which may not be obvious in the weather report, but the actual turbulence is so strong that even experienced and experienced captains are discouraged.

Erhai City has extremely rich tourism resources, but the means of ground transportation is extremely scarce, and the only credible air transportation is because of the bad weather conditions that make the airlines who come to open the route avoid it.

Erhai Airport was originally a military airport, but its military use has gradually faded.The local government also thought about developing civil aviation, but interviewed several airlines in the province, but none of them were willing to go there.

If it were not for finding a suitable take-off and alternate landing field, the dispatch of Feiyu Airlines would not choose Erhai Airport anyway.However, it is obvious that the name of Erhai Airport really has a stopping effect.Even though the captain of Feiyu Flight 6321 had no confidence in landing with a single engine, he finally chose to bite the bullet and try instead of landing at Erhai Airport.

The tower controller was naturally unaware of the captain's complex and tangled mental activities, and subconsciously felt that returning to the field for an alternate landing was the first choice.

"Feiyu 6321, do you need to circle and deal with it, or turn directly to the third side to join the approach?" the tower controller asked.

"We are now turning right and circling above the ML, and we will apply to join the approach when we are ready." The captain replied.At this moment, the No. 1 engine has no fire alarm, N[-] also has a speed, and there is no abnormal body vibration, which is in line with the conditions for the engine to start in the air.In any case, the No. [-] engine is running normally now, and they can still try to restart the No. [-] engine.

As expected, the tower controller agreed.Now, it happened to be an interim period between approach and departure, and the deployment pressure was much less, basically giving Feiyu 6321 room to play freely.

After the "Engine Failure or Shutdown" checklist is completed, take time to do the "After Takeoff" checklist. At this time, the aircraft has hovered over the ML point, and you can try to start the No. [-] engine in the air.

While searching for the corresponding checklist, the co-pilot suddenly noticed that the No. [-] engine's lubricating oil quantity indicator displayed on the DU was zero, and looked at the captain in puzzlement: "Brother, is the No. [-] engine's lubricating oil leaking?"

The captain was stunned, followed the direction pointed by the co-pilot, and also noticed the problem of the amount of oil, and his expression changed immediately.

Like common household car engines, aero engines also need lubricating oil, otherwise the engine will not work.Among the various reasons that can cause an engine to stall, there are many oil related content, such as high oil temperature, low oil pressure or oil filter bypass.Of these checklists, the "Engine Failure or Shutdown" checklist is always forwarded if the situation is out of control.

In other words, the problem of lubricating oil will directly cause the engine to stall.Although the No. [-] engine has been shut down now, at least there is still the possibility of restarting it.If there is a problem with the lubricating oil, it means that there is no chance of restarting.

Even if an engine without oil is restarted, it will eventually stall after a short period of time.

If the lubricating oil has leaked, then do we still need to start in the air?For a moment, the captain fell into hesitation.If it can't be restarted, he is really going to hit the ground with a single shot in a strong crosswind, and there is really no bottom line.

The co-pilot felt the captain's hesitation, and his eyes were full of confusion.The checklist turns to the page "Engine Starting in the Air" and I don't know whether to read it or not.

The captain wiped his face, and was just about to tell the co-pilot not to do the "Engine Start in Air" checklist, but to go directly to the "Single Engine Landing" checklist.

At this time, Xu Cang's voice came from behind the two of them again: "When the N2 speed is less than 8%, it is normal for the oil level to show zero. Don't you know this?"

The captain and co-pilot turned their heads to look at Xu Cang at the same time, especially the captain suddenly asked: "How do you know?"

Seeing the captain and co-pilot looking at him, Xu Cang frowned instinctively, as if returning to the feeling of the future chief pilot of the General Administration at this moment.

"Ordinary people know to look ahead when driving, but you don't think it's necessary to fly a plane?" Xu Cang said coldly.

Both the captain and the co-pilot were taken aback, and immediately realized that they had forgotten to monitor the status of the plane just now due to their surprise, they were immediately ashamed and turned their heads back.

The tone and demeanor of the young man sitting in the back admonishing others just now made the captain think of the inspectors sent by the bureau during the spot check, and they were exactly the same.

"Could it be the appointed representative of Blue Sky Airlines?" The captain murmured in his heart, "But why don't I remember that Blue Sky Airlines has such a young appointed representative of the bureau?"

Bureau-appointed representatives are scarce in any airline, and basically everyone knows about them.But Xu Cang looked very angry, but in the captain's opinion, this bearing was much stronger than some people in the bureau he knew.

Seeing that the two people in the room all stepped forward to his own words, Xu Cang's face turned pale, and he said leisurely: "Boeing's checklist notes should explain this, but you don't know?"

"Is there such a note? No!" The co-pilot went through the "Engine Start in Air" checklist several times but found no relevant description.

"No?" Now it's Xu Cang's turn not to understand, this remark should be very common, it's impossible not to have it.

The co-pilot glanced at the captain, obviously hoping to let the captain make a decision.However, looking at the captain's face, he was also full of entanglements.

The reason why the crew is so difficult is for the purpose of engine protection.Simple engine flameout is sometimes harmful and controllable. If you go down and let the maintenance personnel repair it, the loss is actually not as great as imagined.

But if the engine is started forcibly without lubricating oil, there is no lubrication between the engine parts. In this case, it will cause extremely terrible damage to the engine. If it is serious, the engine may be scrapped.

If the captain believed Xu Cang's words, but there was no basis in the checklist, it meant that he would be responsible for any subsequent problems.The captain felt that he was incapable of carrying the risk of scrapping an engine.

Just when the captain thought it was better to be on the safe side, Xu Cang, who pondered for a moment, suddenly asked, "Have you got the English version of QRH? Take it out and have a look."

(End of this chapter)