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An in-flight engine failure and automatic shutdown after a compressor stall experienced by the crew of a departure DC10 at 600 ft AGL off runway 16L at sea, wa.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 559748 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200209 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : s46.tracon tower : sea.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 173 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 2300 |
| ASRS Report | 559748 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng insts other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : so #3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | other other other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After takeoff runway 16L at sea, at about 6000 ft AGL, #3 engine (normal indications up to this point) compressor stalled, then shut itself down. Egt in red, but no fire indications. Fuel dump started immediately and ATC informed of engine loss, fuel dump and declaring emergency. Normal clean up and checklists followed. Remainder of dump at 6000 ft MSL. Flight attendants and passenger briefed, company notified. Sent ACARS message to dispatch. Normal approach and landing at maximum landing weight. Taxied off runway. Aircraft inspected by fire crew. All ok, so continued to gate. Flight attendants and flight crew debriefed and we were all satisfied with the performance of entire crew and aircraft. Proper paperwork completed and turned in. (Company training had prepared us well for this emergency.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN INFLT ENG FAILURE AND AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN AFTER A COMPRESSOR STALL EXPERIENCED BY THE CREW OF A DEP DC10 AT 600 FT AGL OFF RWY 16L AT SEA, WA.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF RWY 16L AT SEA, AT ABOUT 6000 FT AGL, #3 ENG (NORMAL INDICATIONS UP TO THIS POINT) COMPRESSOR STALLED, THEN SHUT ITSELF DOWN. EGT IN RED, BUT NO FIRE INDICATIONS. FUEL DUMP STARTED IMMEDIATELY AND ATC INFORMED OF ENG LOSS, FUEL DUMP AND DECLARING EMER. NORMAL CLEAN UP AND CHKLISTS FOLLOWED. REMAINDER OF DUMP AT 6000 FT MSL. FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX BRIEFED, COMPANY NOTIFIED. SENT ACARS MESSAGE TO DISPATCH. NORMAL APCH AND LNDG AT MAX LNDG WT. TAXIED OFF RWY. ACFT INSPECTED BY FIRE CREW. ALL OK, SO CONTINUED TO GATE. FLT ATTENDANTS AND FLC DEBRIEFED AND WE WERE ALL SATISFIED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF ENTIRE CREW AND ACFT. PROPER PAPERWORK COMPLETED AND TURNED IN. (COMPANY TRAINING HAD PREPARED US WELL FOR THIS EMER.)
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.