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A B737-200 on takeoff at 300 ft AGL declared an emergency and diverted due to right engine compressor stall, vibration and shudder. Caused by engine ingestion of plastic paper bundle straps.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 528841 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zan.airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl single value : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zan.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 528841 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 528842 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Airport Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Immediately departing ome and upon retracting the landing gear, a loud bang was heard, followed by aircraft shudder. Approximately 20 seconds later another loud bang and shudder. The aircraft was manually depressurized, an emergency declared, flight attendants briefed. All engine instruments checked normal throughout problem. Suspected tire failure. Upon arrival back in ome, fire crews found no tire problems. After shutdown, maintenance found damaged blades in #2 engine. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated when back on the ground and when checking the engine maintenance found newspaper bundle plastic straps wound up in the fan blades. The reporter said the first 2 fan stages had bent and nicked blades. The reporter stated the engine blades were later cropped and the airplane was maintenance ferried for blade or engine replacement.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-200 ON TKOF AT 300 FT AGL DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO R ENG COMPRESSOR STALL, VIBRATION AND SHUDDER. CAUSED BY ENG INGESTION OF PLASTIC PAPER BUNDLE STRAPS.
Narrative: IMMEDIATELY DEPARTING OME AND UPON RETRACTING THE LNDG GEAR, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY ACFT SHUDDER. APPROX 20 SECONDS LATER ANOTHER LOUD BANG AND SHUDDER. THE ACFT WAS MANUALLY DEPRESSURIZED, AN EMER DECLARED, FLT ATTENDANTS BRIEFED. ALL ENG INSTS CHKED NORMAL THROUGHOUT PROB. SUSPECTED TIRE FAILURE. UPON ARR BACK IN OME, FIRE CREWS FOUND NO TIRE PROBS. AFTER SHUTDOWN, MAINT FOUND DAMAGED BLADES IN #2 ENG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED WHEN BACK ON THE GND AND WHEN CHKING THE ENG MAINT FOUND NEWSPAPER BUNDLE PLASTIC STRAPS WOUND UP IN THE FAN BLADES. THE RPTR SAID THE FIRST 2 FAN STAGES HAD BENT AND NICKED BLADES. THE RPTR STATED THE ENG BLADES WERE LATER CROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS MAINT FERRIED FOR BLADE OR ENG REPLACEMENT.
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.