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4 engine widebody transport shut down engine after takeoff compressor stall and flame from front of engine. Returned, landed 3 engines. ILS glide slope affected by crash trucks parked in front of ILS shack.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 132911 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199001 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sin |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sin |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff landing other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 132911 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Takeoff was early morning, dark, vtk 1A departure. Aircraft weight was 640000 pounds. Runway used was 20L. At 1000', just prior to going through a small low lying cloud, the #1 engine experienced a violent compressor stall, which threw flames some hundred ft ahead of the aircraft which reflected on the cloud and lit the cockpit up bright red. The engine stall created extreme yaw and overtemped the engine off scale high. I was flying, the captain and second officer completed the checklists and a 3-ENG VFR return was made at 3000' to an ILS 20L. Unfortunately the crash trucks blocked the ILS G/south and made the approach incrementally more difficult. I made the approach and landing with no unusual occurrence. Landing was made at 635000 pounds (maximum landing weight). 15 mins after block in 1 body gear tire deflated due to dissipation of brake heat.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: 4 ENGINE WDB SHUT DOWN ENGINE AFTER TKOF COMPRESSOR STALL AND FLAME FROM FRONT OF ENGINE. RETURNED, LANDED 3 ENGINES. ILS GLIDE SLOPE AFFECTED BY CRASH TRUCKS PARKED IN FRONT OF ILS SHACK.
Narrative: TKOF WAS EARLY MORNING, DARK, VTK 1A DEP. ACFT WT WAS 640000 LBS. RWY USED WAS 20L. AT 1000', JUST PRIOR TO GOING THROUGH A SMALL LOW LYING CLOUD, THE #1 ENG EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT COMPRESSOR STALL, WHICH THREW FLAMES SOME HUNDRED FT AHEAD OF THE ACFT WHICH REFLECTED ON THE CLOUD AND LIT THE COCKPIT UP BRIGHT RED. THE ENG STALL CREATED EXTREME YAW AND OVERTEMPED THE ENG OFF SCALE HIGH. I WAS FLYING, THE CAPT AND S/O COMPLETED THE CHKLISTS AND A 3-ENG VFR RETURN WAS MADE AT 3000' TO AN ILS 20L. UNFORTUNATELY THE CRASH TRUCKS BLOCKED THE ILS G/S AND MADE THE APCH INCREMENTALLY MORE DIFFICULT. I MADE THE APCH AND LNDG WITH NO UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. LNDG WAS MADE AT 635000 LBS (MAX LNDG WT). 15 MINS AFTER BLOCK IN 1 BODY GEAR TIRE DEFLATED DUE TO DISSIPATION OF BRAKE HEAT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.