Foreign object damage from cardboard ingested, takeoff aborted.

Attributes
ACN	277324
Time
Date	199406
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : btv
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	277324
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff none taken : unable other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departing clt for bwi on runway 18L just prior to taking runway for takeoff aircraft behind us said we may have ingested a piece of cardboard, saw short puff of smoke then cleared up, at this point we were cleared for takeoff. The captain and I decided the smoke was due to the engine start and we had not run the engine high enough to suck any foreign object damage into it. We took the runway ran engine up, all indications were normal. Released the brakes as aircraft accelerated a loud air sound was heard from left side of plane. Engines were at takeoff power and indications were normal. Rejected takeoff, returned to gate. Pieces of cardboard were on vanes of engine. The piece of foreign object damage had to be of some size. The crew that saw it might have been more informative as to the size and that it could not be part of a normal start.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FROM CARDBOARD INGESTED, TKOF ABORTED.

Narrative: DEPARTING CLT FOR BWI ON RWY 18L JUST PRIOR TO TAKING RWY FOR TKOF ACFT BEHIND US SAID WE MAY HAVE INGESTED A PIECE OF CARDBOARD, SAW SHORT PUFF OF SMOKE THEN CLRED UP, AT THIS POINT WE WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. THE CAPT AND I DECIDED THE SMOKE WAS DUE TO THE ENG START AND WE HAD NOT RUN THE ENG HIGH ENOUGH TO SUCK ANY FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE INTO IT. WE TOOK THE RWY RAN ENG UP, ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. RELEASED THE BRAKES AS ACFT ACCELERATED A LOUD AIR SOUND WAS HEARD FROM L SIDE OF PLANE. ENGS WERE AT TKOF PWR AND INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. REJECTED TKOF, RETURNED TO GATE. PIECES OF CARDBOARD WERE ON VANES OF ENG. THE PIECE OF FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE HAD TO BE OF SOME SIZE. THE CREW THAT SAW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE INFORMATIVE AS TO THE SIZE AND THAT IT COULD NOT BE PART OF A NORMAL START.

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.