Crosswind takeoff attempt resulted in compressor stall. Takeoff aborted. Crosswind reported exceeded allowable for the large transport per company and FAA limits and exceeded ATCT facility policy limits.

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Attributes
ACN	159042
Time
Date	199010
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1775 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	159042
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Deviation other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Flight ord-slc 10/90. ATIS reported winds 220 degrees, 23 KTS, gusts 33 KTS. Takeoff runway 32R. Tower reported wind 220 degrees, 25 KTS. Captain of flight chose to depart on runway 32R despite objections of other crew members and possibly exceeding crosswind limitation of 29 KTS. Company provided data did not allow for takeoff on this runway. During takeoff roll (approximately 40 KTS), aircraft suffered at least 2 compressor blade stalls. Takeoff was aborted and aircraft returned to gate for maintenance inspection. Approximately 30 mins later flight continued with a takeoff from runway 22L. Proceeded to slc west/O further incident. Conclusions: PIC chose to takeoff with the potentially out of limits crosswind for the convenience of ord tower. Ord tower's use of runway 32 during this very high wind situation was not the safest available for aircraft departing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CROSSWIND TKOF ATTEMPT RESULTED IN COMPRESSOR STALL. TKOF ABORTED. CROSSWIND REPORTED EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE FOR THE LGT PER COMPANY AND FAA LIMITS AND EXCEEDED ATCT FAC POLICY LIMITS.

Narrative: FLT ORD-SLC 10/90. ATIS RPTED WINDS 220 DEGS, 23 KTS, GUSTS 33 KTS. TKOF RWY 32R. TWR RPTED WIND 220 DEGS, 25 KTS. CAPT OF FLT CHOSE TO DEPART ON RWY 32R DESPITE OBJECTIONS OF OTHER CREW MEMBERS AND POSSIBLY EXCEEDING XWIND LIMITATION OF 29 KTS. COMPANY PROVIDED DATA DID NOT ALLOW FOR TKOF ON THIS RWY. DURING TKOF ROLL (APPROX 40 KTS), ACFT SUFFERED AT LEAST 2 COMPRESSOR BLADE STALLS. TKOF WAS ABORTED AND ACFT RETURNED TO GATE FOR MAINT INSPECTION. APPROX 30 MINS LATER FLT CONTINUED WITH A TKOF FROM RWY 22L. PROCEEDED TO SLC W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. CONCLUSIONS: PIC CHOSE TO TKOF WITH THE POTENTIALLY OUT OF LIMITS XWIND FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ORD TWR. ORD TWR'S USE OF RWY 32 DURING THIS VERY HIGH WIND SITUATION WAS NOT THE SAFEST AVAILABLE FOR ACFT DEPARTING.

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.