<< >> NASA ASRS Report 487495, October 2000

An airbus 300 on initial climb at 1500 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to #2 engine severe stalls, loss of power, and fire caused by a failed turbine blade.

Attributes
ACN	487495
Time
Date	200010
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 1500
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : sou by one dept
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	487495
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine #2 indications other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : person 3
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

At 1500 AGL aircraft retrimmed following noise abatement and flaps retracted, engine 2 failure no fire light with 3 pops compressor stall noise. Engine rolled to 10 percent RPM, engine fire and severe checklist accomplished. Flight attendant's reported flame as checklist was being run. Flame was extinguished after fire bottle discharge no fire light came on during shutdown of engine. Aircraft emergency declared and aircraft recovered to mia flight duration 11 mins. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the engine was a G.east. CF6-80c2 engine and maintenance reported the failure was a turbine blade in the high press turbine area. The reporter said the engine had three consecutive stalls causing the aircraft to yaw each time and after the third stall the engine spooled down to 10 percent N1. The reporter said the crew was in the engine shutdown procedures when a flight attendant alerted them to the engine fire. The reporter stated at no time did the #2 engine fire warning system give any warning. The reporter said the fire bottles were discharged and extinguished the fire. The reporter was also advised by maintenance the N2 rotor was seized.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 300 ON INITIAL CLB AT 1500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO #2 ENG SEVERE STALLS, LOSS OF PWR, AND FIRE CAUSED BY A FAILED TURBINE BLADE.

Narrative: AT 1500 AGL ACFT RETRIMMED FOLLOWING NOISE ABATEMENT AND FLAPS RETRACTED, ENG 2 FAILURE NO FIRE LIGHT WITH 3 POPS COMPRESSOR STALL NOISE. ENG ROLLED TO 10 PERCENT RPM, ENG FIRE AND SEVERE CHKLIST ACCOMPLISHED. FA'S RPTED FLAME AS CHKLIST WAS BEING RUN. FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED AFTER FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE NO FIRE LIGHT CAME ON DURING SHUTDOWN OF ENG. ACFT EMER DECLARED AND ACFT RECOVERED TO MIA FLT DURATION 11 MINS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A G.E. CF6-80C2 ENG AND MAINT RPTED THE FAILURE WAS A TURBINE BLADE IN THE HIGH PRESS TURBINE AREA. THE RPTR SAID THE ENG HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE STALLS CAUSING THE ACFT TO YAW EACH TIME AND AFTER THE THIRD STALL THE ENG SPOOLED DOWN TO 10 PERCENT N1. THE RPTR SAID THE CREW WAS IN THE ENG SHUTDOWN PROCS WHEN A FA ALERTED THEM TO THE ENG FIRE. THE RPTR STATED AT NO TIME DID THE #2 ENG FIRE WARNING SYS GIVE ANY WARNING. THE RPTR SAID THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE RPTR WAS ALSO ADVISED BY MAINT THE N2 ROTOR WAS SEIZED.

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.