#2 engine on wide body type aircraft failed in climb at FL380. Flight landed den.

Attributes
ACN	119509
Time
Date	198908
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 38000 msl bound upper : 38000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv tower : ewr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other landing other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	119509
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 156 flight time total : 7569 flight time type : 68
ASRS Report	119410
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Climbing from 370 to 390, #2 engine compressor stalled, overtemped and shook violently. Declared emergency and began immediate descent. Airplane shook all the way to the ground. All controls normal. On ground, discovered holes in cowl from compressor blade that left the engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: #2 ENGINE ON WIDE BODY TYPE ACFT FAILED IN CLIMB AT FL380. FLT LANDED DEN.

Narrative: CLIMBING FROM 370 TO 390, #2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLED, OVERTEMPED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. DECLARED EMER AND BEGAN IMMEDIATE DESCENT. AIRPLANE SHOOK ALL THE WAY TO THE GND. ALL CONTROLS NORMAL. ON GND, DISCOVERED HOLES IN COWL FROM COMPRESSOR BLADE THAT LEFT THE ENGINE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.