Originally Posted by
bcgallacher
I was once slightly involved with an incident where the F/E on a 727 had the fuel heat selected on take off - the fuel into the engine overheated and on reducing power went sub idle causing all three generators to trip off - fortunately it was daylight and he managed to land with no further incident. On Pratts advice all 3 engines were replaced. Expensive error.
We did have a written procedure that the captain just prior to takeoff would scan the FE panel to ensure that it was set properly. Fuel Heat was one of the items checked.
Bad news if left on.