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A DC9-50 on takeoff climb at 500 ft left engine ingested a large bird causing compressor stalls. Declared emergency and diverted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 521342 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : orf.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : orf.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 521342 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 521343 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : birds other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : left engine indications other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Large bird ingested into left engine causing compressor stall. Leveled off at 4000 ft, initiated turn back to airport, while declaring emergency. (Turned prior to receiving clearance to return due to nature of emergency to avoid undue delays during communications with ATC.) supplemental information from acn 521343: the stench of burning seagull immediately filled the aircraft. We declared an emergency and recovered uneventfully at orf.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-50 ON TKOF CLB AT 500 FT L ENG INGESTED A LARGE BIRD CAUSING COMPRESSOR STALLS. DECLARED EMER AND DIVERTED.
Narrative: LARGE BIRD INGESTED INTO L ENG CAUSING COMPRESSOR STALL. LEVELED OFF AT 4000 FT, INITIATED TURN BACK TO ARPT, WHILE DECLARING EMER. (TURNED PRIOR TO RECEIVING CLRNC TO RETURN DUE TO NATURE OF EMER TO AVOID UNDUE DELAYS DURING COMS WITH ATC.) SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 521343: THE STENCH OF BURNING SEAGULL IMMEDIATELY FILLED THE ACFT. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND RECOVERED UNEVENTFULLY AT ORF.
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.