Engine failure on takeoff with low speed abort.

Attributes
ACN	450361
Time
Date	199909
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem.airport
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 16500 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	450361
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Engine failure on takeoff, followed by abort, airspeed below 40 KTS. No fire, no evacuate/evacuation. Returned to gate under tow.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG FAILURE ON TKOF WITH LOW SPD ABORT.

Narrative: ENG FAILURE ON TKOF, FOLLOWED BY ABORT, AIRSPD BELOW 40 KTS. NO FIRE, NO EVAC. RETURNED TO GATE UNDER TOW.

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.