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An MD80 after takeoff returned to the field due left engine stalling and surging caused by ice ingestion from left wing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 499040 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 499040 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 499042 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Pick up airplane from maintenance after they worked on for FOD and were running it up. It was out on a taxiway with portable stairs up to it. We boarded the aircraft and I did the inside preflight and the first officer did the outside. After rotation, the left engine started to surge and compressor stall. I disconnected the autothrottle and it stopped. We returned to field for a normal landing to find that it had ingested ice. How? The aircraft was not at a gate which made it difficult to preflight and the fact that the mechanics had just run it up and said it was ok. The first officer didn't do a complete walkaround. I was surprised to hear that it was ice ingestion when we returned to the hangar. All the time I was thinking it was something more with the work that was just done on the aircraft for FOD ingestion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 AFTER TKOF RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE L ENG STALLING AND SURGING CAUSED BY ICE INGESTION FROM L WING.
Narrative: PICK UP AIRPLANE FROM MAINT AFTER THEY WORKED ON FOR FOD AND WERE RUNNING IT UP. IT WAS OUT ON A TXWY WITH PORTABLE STAIRS UP TO IT. WE BOARDED THE ACFT AND I DID THE INSIDE PREFLT AND THE FO DID THE OUTSIDE. AFTER ROTATION, THE L ENG STARTED TO SURGE AND COMPRESSOR STALL. I DISCONNECTED THE AUTOTHROTTLE AND IT STOPPED. WE RETURNED TO FIELD FOR A NORMAL LNDG TO FIND THAT IT HAD INGESTED ICE. HOW? THE ACFT WAS NOT AT A GATE WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PREFLT AND THE FACT THAT THE MECHS HAD JUST RUN IT UP AND SAID IT WAS OK. THE FO DIDN'T DO A COMPLETE WALKAROUND. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT IT WAS ICE INGESTION WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE HANGAR. ALL THE TIME I WAS THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING MORE WITH THE WORK THAT WAS JUST DONE ON THE ACFT FOR FOD INGESTION.
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.