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Flight crew of an MD80 declared an emergency and returned to land due to an engine blade failure requiring an engine shutdown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369163 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : spa |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 19000 msl bound upper : 19000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 369163 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8800 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 369169 |
| 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 other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Engine blade failure, engine secured, precautionary emergency declared ZTL. Returned to clt. Overweight landing made. Passenger off loaded at gate. No injuries, no further damage to aircraft, other than contained blade failure. Supplemental information from acn 369169: climbing through 19000 ft a loud bang followed by aircraft shake. Left engine EPR was 1.1, we suspected damage.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MD80 DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO AN ENG BLADE FAILURE REQUIRING AN ENG SHUTDOWN.
Narrative: ENG BLADE FAILURE, ENG SECURED, PRECAUTIONARY EMER DECLARED ZTL. RETURNED TO CLT. OVERWT LNDG MADE. PAX OFF LOADED AT GATE. NO INJURIES, NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO ACFT, OTHER THAN CONTAINED BLADE FAILURE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 369169: CLBING THROUGH 19000 FT A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY ACFT SHAKE. L ENG EPR WAS 1.1, WE SUSPECTED DAMAGE.
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.