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Widebody transport experienced engine surge during climb. Dumped fuel to reduce landing weight. Return land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 122741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198909 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 9100 msl bound upper : 9100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dfw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 105 flight time total : 33800 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 122741 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 16500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 122575 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
#2 engine at 9100' had surge, then dropped. I reduced power to idle, dumped fuel to landing weight, landed uneventfully. Mechanic check at 100%, power and compression stall; flight cancelled.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WDB EXPERIENCED ENGINE SURGE DURING CLIMB. DUMPED FUEL TO REDUCE LNDG WEIGHT. RETURN LAND.
Narrative: #2 ENG AT 9100' HAD SURGE, THEN DROPPED. I REDUCED PWR TO IDLE, DUMPED FUEL TO LNDG WT, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MECH CHK AT 100%, PWR AND COMPRESSION STALL; FLT CANCELLED.
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.