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Flight attendant on a B727 feels strong vibration on takeoff. Cockpit informs they have shut down an engine and are returning to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414467 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : cun |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cun |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 414467 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Lost engine power on takeoff (rotation). #2 flight attendant called me to say she felt a strange vibration. I called crew to inform them and they advised me that they were aware of the problem, 'stand by.' they called back to tell us they were shutting down #3 engine and we would be landing in 5 mins. They did not anticipate an evacuate/evacuation. They said after landing they would have fire truck follow us for precautionary procedure only. Cockpit crew handled the situation great! Captain said we did not need to brief the passenger for an emergency landing, but should something happen on landing, the evacuate/evacuation signal would be 'easy victor.' it turned out that something broke loose in the #3 engine causing it to do damage to the engine. I remember on takeoff roll the runway was very bumpy -- almost like there were holes in it!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT ON A B727 FEELS STRONG VIBRATION ON TKOF. COCKPIT INFORMS THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN AN ENG AND ARE RETURNING TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: LOST ENG PWR ON TKOF (ROTATION). #2 FLT ATTENDANT CALLED ME TO SAY SHE FELT A STRANGE VIBRATION. I CALLED CREW TO INFORM THEM AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROB, 'STAND BY.' THEY CALLED BACK TO TELL US THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN #3 ENG AND WE WOULD BE LNDG IN 5 MINS. THEY DID NOT ANTICIPATE AN EVAC. THEY SAID AFTER LNDG THEY WOULD HAVE FIRE TRUCK FOLLOW US FOR PRECAUTIONARY PROC ONLY. COCKPIT CREW HANDLED THE SIT GREAT! CAPT SAID WE DID NOT NEED TO BRIEF THE PAX FOR AN EMER LNDG, BUT SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN ON LNDG, THE EVAC SIGNAL WOULD BE 'EASY VICTOR.' IT TURNED OUT THAT SOMETHING BROKE LOOSE IN THE #3 ENG CAUSING IT TO DO DAMAGE TO THE ENG. I REMEMBER ON TKOF ROLL THE RWY WAS VERY BUMPY -- ALMOST LIKE THERE WERE HOLES IN IT!
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.