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A B757 pwred with P&west 2037 engines experienced multiple compressor stalls immediately after takeoff on initial climb. #1 engine shut down and diverted to lax.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369053 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sna |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sna artcc : zmp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff other |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 750 |
| ASRS Report | 369053 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Left engine surged, then multiple compressor stalls. After engine failed, overtemped, performed in-flight shutdown and diverted to lax. Landed without further incident lax. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the airplane was a B757 with P&west 2037 engines. The engine started to stall without any throttle movement. Maintenance suspected the variable vanes were off schedule and most likely a variable vane controller failed. The reporter was not contacted by the FAA.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 PWRED WITH P&W 2037 ENGS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE COMPRESSOR STALLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF ON INITIAL CLB. #1 ENG SHUT DOWN AND DIVERTED TO LAX.
Narrative: L ENG SURGED, THEN MULTIPLE COMPRESSOR STALLS. AFTER ENG FAILED, OVERTEMPED, PERFORMED INFLT SHUTDOWN AND DIVERTED TO LAX. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT LAX. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE AIRPLANE WAS A B757 WITH P&W 2037 ENGS. THE ENG STARTED TO STALL WITHOUT ANY THROTTLE MOVEMENT. MAINT SUSPECTED THE VARIABLE VANES WERE OFF SCHEDULE AND MOST LIKELY A VARIABLE VANE CTLR FAILED. THE RPTR WAS NOT CONTACTED BY THE FAA.
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.