<< >> NASA ASRS Report 892486, June 2010

A 767-300 flight crew diverted to a nearby airport after suffering repeated compressor stalls in the right engine.

Attributes
ACN	892486
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On climb out passing through FL295 we got about 4 loud bangs. I retarded the throttles and leveled at FL310. Checked our engine instruments and nothing was out of limits. We acknowledged that they were compressor stalls and decided not to continue over water. The captain contacted the technician while I advised ARTCC that we were declaring an emergency and were looking to return to the coast. Between the dispatcher and technician; ZZZ was selected for our diversion airport. Once we began the descent the compressor stalls began again. I verified it was the right engine; once the throttles were at idle it stopped. We completed the engine checklist and the overweight landing checklist and landed safely at ZZZ.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A 767-300 flight crew diverted to a nearby airport after suffering repeated compressor stalls in the right engine.

Narrative: On climb out passing through FL295 we got about 4 loud bangs. I retarded the throttles and leveled at FL310. Checked our engine instruments and nothing was out of limits. We acknowledged that they were compressor stalls and decided not to continue over water. The Captain contacted the Technician while I advised ARTCC that we were declaring an emergency and were looking to return to the coast. Between the Dispatcher and Technician; ZZZ was selected for our diversion airport. Once we began the descent the compressor stalls began again. I verified it was the right engine; once the throttles were at idle it stopped. We completed the engine checklist and the overweight landing checklist and landed safely at ZZZ.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.