Foreign object ingestion causes compressor stalls on 2 abortive takeoff attempts.

Attributes
ACN	167460
Time
Date	199101
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bet
State Reference	AK
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	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	167460
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Normal start and taxi for takeoff. Cleared by tower for takeoff and applied power with a 20 KT crosswind. Engine began to compressor stall. Retarded power and stopped aircraft after reaching 10-15 KTS speed. Thought it was the crosswind that had caused the compressor stalls on the downwind engine. We returned to takeoff position, and after receiving takeoff clearance, slowly added power. This time the engines stabilized at 1.4 EPR. On first takeoff the engines started to stall before 1.4 EPR. Released brakes and began takeoff roll. Slowly added power, but the engine began compressor stalling again. Retarded power and stopped after reaching 30-40 KTS. Returned to gate and shut down engines. Inspection of #1 engine, the downwind engine, revealed a 3' X 2' piece of visquene plastic!! This type of solid fuel proved to be unacceptable. Next takeoff was much more uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FOREIGN OBJECT INGESTION CAUSES COMPRESSOR STALLS ON 2 ABORTIVE TKOF ATTEMPTS.

Narrative: NORMAL START AND TAXI FOR TKOF. CLRED BY TWR FOR TKOF AND APPLIED PWR WITH A 20 KT XWIND. ENG BEGAN TO COMPRESSOR STALL. RETARDED PWR AND STOPPED ACFT AFTER REACHING 10-15 KTS SPD. THOUGHT IT WAS THE XWIND THAT HAD CAUSED THE COMPRESSOR STALLS ON THE DOWNWIND ENG. WE RETURNED TO TKOF POS, AND AFTER RECEIVING TKOF CLRNC, SLOWLY ADDED PWR. THIS TIME THE ENGS STABILIZED AT 1.4 EPR. ON FIRST TKOF THE ENGS STARTED TO STALL BEFORE 1.4 EPR. RELEASED BRAKES AND BEGAN TKOF ROLL. SLOWLY ADDED PWR, BUT THE ENG BEGAN COMPRESSOR STALLING AGAIN. RETARDED PWR AND STOPPED AFTER REACHING 30-40 KTS. RETURNED TO GATE AND SHUT DOWN ENGS. INSPECTION OF #1 ENG, THE DOWNWIND ENG, REVEALED A 3' X 2' PIECE OF VISQUENE PLASTIC!! THIS TYPE OF SOLID FUEL PROVED TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. NEXT TKOF WAS MUCH MORE UNEVENTFUL.

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.