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A B767-200ER on takeoff at 350 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to #2 engine severe stalling, vibrations and reports of fire from tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 428984 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | SA-227 AC Metro III |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 148 flight time total : 2005 flight time type : 1819 |
| ASRS Report | 417456 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 925 flight time type : 640 |
| ASRS Report | 421400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : company |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation |
Narrative:
Severe compressor stall in right engine on takeoff with vibrations and reports of fire from tower and flight attendant. Vibrations continued with throttle at idle. Shut down right engine in accordance with fire/damage checklist. Notified flight attendants/passenger, declared emergency with tower. Pilots flew a VFR pattern back to runway 31L at jfk. Uneventful landing and taxi to gate. No injuries or problems noted from passenger, no exterior engine damage noted. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a B767-200ER and the direct cause of the right engine failure is unknown as no information is available from maintenance. The reporter said the engine was replaced due mainly to the extremely high egt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-200ER ON TKOF AT 350 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO #2 ENG SEVERE STALLING, VIBRATIONS AND RPTS OF FIRE FROM TWR.
Narrative: SEVERE COMPRESSOR STALL IN R ENG ON TKOF WITH VIBRATIONS AND RPTS OF FIRE FROM TWR AND FLT ATTENDANT. VIBRATIONS CONTINUED WITH THROTTLE AT IDLE. SHUT DOWN R ENG IN ACCORDANCE WITH FIRE/DAMAGE CHKLIST. NOTIFIED FLT ATTENDANTS/PAX, DECLARED EMER WITH TWR. PLTS FLEW A VFR PATTERN BACK TO RWY 31L AT JFK. UNEVENTFUL LNDG AND TAXI TO GATE. NO INJURIES OR PROBS NOTED FROM PAX, NO EXTERIOR ENG DAMAGE NOTED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B767-200ER AND THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THE R ENG FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AS NO INFO IS AVAILABLE FROM MAINT. THE RPTR SAID THE ENG WAS REPLACED DUE MAINLY TO THE EXTREMELY HIGH EGT.
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.