A DC9-30 on takeoff roll at 30 KTS rejected the takeoff due to loss of power in #1 engine.

Attributes
ACN	490592
Time
Date	200010
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem.airport
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mem.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 30
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 162 flight time total : 20010 flight time type : 14048
ASRS Report	490592
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : #1 engine indication other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Just after placing the thrust levers to the takeoff position at about 30 KTS, we heard a thud and felt the aircraft jerk. I immediately aborted the takeoff roll. It felt as though we hit, or ran over something. There was construction on the adjacent taxiway. My first officer and I scanned the engine instruments and saw that everything was normal. The first officer advised the control tower of the rejected takeoff, and was coordinating the turn off of the runway. As I taxied the aircraft to the closest runway taxiway exit, I again scanned the engine gauges, and noted that the engine had failed and that the left egt gauge was now maxed out. I completed the turn off of the runway, and then shut off the left engine fuel controller and the engine ignition. We then returned to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-30 ON TKOF ROLL AT 30 KTS REJECTED THE TKOF DUE TO LOSS OF PWR IN #1 ENG.

Narrative: JUST AFTER PLACING THE THRUST LEVERS TO THE TKOF POS AT ABOUT 30 KTS, WE HEARD A THUD AND FELT THE ACFT JERK. I IMMEDIATELY ABORTED THE TKOF ROLL. IT FELT AS THOUGH WE HIT, OR RAN OVER SOMETHING. THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION ON THE ADJACENT TXWY. MY FO AND I SCANNED THE ENG INSTS AND SAW THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. THE FO ADVISED THE CTL TWR OF THE REJECTED TKOF, AND WAS COORDINATING THE TURN OFF OF THE RWY. AS I TAXIED THE ACFT TO THE CLOSEST RWY TXWY EXIT, I AGAIN SCANNED THE ENG GAUGES, AND NOTED THAT THE ENG HAD FAILED AND THAT THE L EGT GAUGE WAS NOW MAXED OUT. I COMPLETED THE TURN OFF OF THE RWY, AND THEN SHUT OFF THE L ENG FUEL CONTROLLER AND THE ENG IGNITION. WE THEN RETURNED TO THE GATE.

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.