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During initial climb; the B757's left engine lost power; an emergency was declared and flight returned to the airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1074395 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201303 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine Control |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 255 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Aircraft dispatched with deferred left engine primary control status message displayed. Takeoff roll [was] normal. At approximately 600 AGL the left engine experienced a compressor stall and slight surging; followed by idle power setting as indicated on the left EPR and N1 indicators. Tower initiated hand-off to departure. I declared an emergency with an engine failure and decided to return to the departure airport. As I began to discuss the engine failure procedure with the captain; the left engine was beginning to develop thrust and EPR/N1 was increasing. Engine was idle power for approximately 10 seconds. Reported to departure that engine was once again operating; and reaffirmed our emergency status and return to land. I took control as pilot flying while captain did pilot not flying duties and executed the compressor stall/surge checklist and communicated with company.ATC provided priority and vectors for an ILS. We coordinated with [airport] operations on VHF for a return and had them notify maintenance and dispatch of our situation. Approach and landing were normal. Emergency trucks were standing by on arrival.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: During initial climb; the B757's left engine lost power; an emergency was declared and flight returned to the airport.
Narrative: Aircraft dispatched with deferred LEFT ENGINE PRIMARY CONTROL status message displayed. Takeoff roll [was] normal. At approximately 600 AGL the left engine experienced a compressor stall and slight surging; followed by idle power setting as indicated on the left EPR and N1 indicators. Tower initiated hand-off to Departure. I declared an emergency with an engine failure and decided to return to the departure airport. As I began to discuss the engine failure procedure with the Captain; the left engine was beginning to develop thrust and EPR/N1 was increasing. Engine was idle power for approximately 10 seconds. Reported to Departure that engine was once again operating; and reaffirmed our emergency status and return to land. I took control as pilot flying while Captain did pilot not flying duties and executed the compressor stall/surge checklist and communicated with company.ATC provided priority and vectors for an ILS. We coordinated with [airport] operations on VHF for a return and had them notify Maintenance and Dispatch of our situation. Approach and landing were normal. Emergency trucks were standing by on arrival.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.