<< >> NASA ASRS Report 423999, December 1998

Flight crew of a cargo widebody transport experienced a compressor stall of the #3 engine during takeoff and declared an emergency. They return land after dumping fuel and running appropriate checklists.

Attributes
ACN	423999
Time
Date	199812
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mem
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5800 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	423999
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
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 other other
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

Takeoff runway 36L at mem. At rotation, #3 engine compressor stalled and surged. Declared an emergency with tower. Was switched to departure for vectors south of the field to work red tabs, dump fuel, and set up for ILS runway 36L. No problems with ATC.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A CARGO WDB EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL OF THE #3 ENG DURING TKOF AND DECLARED AN EMER. THEY RETURN LAND AFTER DUMPING FUEL AND RUNNING APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS.

Narrative: TKOF RWY 36L AT MEM. AT ROTATION, #3 ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED AND SURGED. DECLARED AN EMER WITH TWR. WAS SWITCHED TO DEP FOR VECTORS S OF THE FIELD TO WORK RED TABS, DUMP FUEL, AND SET UP FOR ILS RWY 36L. NO PROBS WITH ATC.

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.