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Flight crew of a widebody transport air carrier aircraft shut down 1 engine after experiencing an engine compressor stall with accompanying loss of power during high altitude pacific route cruise.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 265305 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199403 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hnl |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cle |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 10 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific enroute airway : r576 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 265305 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
At cruise FL370, #1 engine experienced loud compressor stall. Indications decreased to near idle. Accomplished successful shutdown of #1 engine. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter stated that the aircraft type was a DC10-10 and that the engine spooled down to flight idle involuntarily prior to the flight crew shutting down the engine. No emergency handling or provisions were requested or used. The reporter had not heard from maintenance as to the cause of the engine malfunction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A WDB ACR ACFT SHUT DOWN 1 ENG AFTER EXPERIENCING AN ENG COMPRESSOR STALL WITH ACCOMPANYING LOSS OF PWR DURING HIGH ALT PACIFIC RTE CRUISE.
Narrative: AT CRUISE FL370, #1 ENG EXPERIENCED LOUD COMPRESSOR STALL. INDICATIONS DECREASED TO NEAR IDLE. ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFUL SHUTDOWN OF #1 ENG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATED THAT THE ACFT TYPE WAS A DC10-10 AND THAT THE ENG SPOOLED DOWN TO FLT IDLE INVOLUNTARILY PRIOR TO THE FLC SHUTTING DOWN THE ENG. NO EMER HANDLING OR PROVISIONS WERE REQUESTED OR USED. THE RPTR HAD NOT HEARD FROM MAINT AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE ENG MALFUNCTION.
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.