Air carrier widebody transport return land after in-flight engine shutdown.

Attributes
ACN	174786
Time
Date	199104
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hpn
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Route In Use	enroute : pacific enroute : other oceanic enroute airway : zoa
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	174786
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 195 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	174526
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

About 1:49 mins into flight, #2 engine experienced 3 compressor stalls. We shut down #2 engine and returned to lax. No further problems experienced. Oak transoceanic and ZLA did an excellent job. Supplemental information from acn 174526: decision to return and execution of same was near position dopps (576 degree right) N30 degrees 38.4 west 133 degrees 40.3.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB RETURN LAND AFTER INFLT ENGINE SHUTDOWN.

Narrative: ABOUT 1:49 MINS INTO FLT, #2 ENG EXPERIENCED 3 COMPRESSOR STALLS. WE SHUT DOWN #2 ENG AND RETURNED TO LAX. NO FURTHER PROBS EXPERIENCED. OAK TRANSOCEANIC AND ZLA DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 174526: DECISION TO RETURN AND EXECUTION OF SAME WAS NEAR POS DOPPS (576 DEG R) N30 DEGS 38.4 W 133 DEGS 40.3.

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.