Flight crew rejects takeoff due to compressor stall at alb.

Attributes
ACN	442580
Time
Date	199907
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alb.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Windshear Thunderstorm
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 8500
ASRS Report	442580
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : #2 eng other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

A takeoff from runway 19 at alb was rejected due to an engine compressor stall. The compressor stall occurred on engine #2 as power exceeded 1.7 EPR while attempting to set takeoff thrust. The reject speed was below 20 KTS ground speed. This flight deck crew suspects the compressor stall to be the result of a gust front windshear from a storm cell 3 NM north of the field. The elapsed time from the beginning of the taxi to the time of the compressor stall was approximately 5 mins. After maintenance inspected the engine and found no abnormalities, the cause of the compressor stall was determined to be due to a sudden shift in wind speed/direction (windshear) around the engine inlet/exhaust as power was being increased.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC REJECTS TKOF DUE TO COMPRESSOR STALL AT ALB.

Narrative: A TKOF FROM RWY 19 AT ALB WAS REJECTED DUE TO AN ENG COMPRESSOR STALL. THE COMPRESSOR STALL OCCURRED ON ENG #2 AS PWR EXCEEDED 1.7 EPR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SET TKOF THRUST. THE REJECT SPD WAS BELOW 20 KTS GND SPD. THIS FLT DECK CREW SUSPECTS THE COMPRESSOR STALL TO BE THE RESULT OF A GUST FRONT WINDSHEAR FROM A STORM CELL 3 NM N OF THE FIELD. THE ELAPSED TIME FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TAXI TO THE TIME OF THE COMPRESSOR STALL WAS APPROX 5 MINS. AFTER MAINT INSPECTED THE ENG AND FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES, THE CAUSE OF THE COMPRESSOR STALL WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A SUDDEN SHIFT IN WIND SPD/DIRECTION (WINDSHEAR) AROUND THE ENG INLET/EXHAUST AS PWR WAS BEING INCREASED.

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.