An MD83; on takeoff climb at 6000 ft MSL; declared an emergency and returned to land after flight crew felt/heard a loud bang and after left engine indications went to zero. Cause is 7TH stage stator vane failure.

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Attributes
ACN	685891
Time
Date	200602
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 6000
Environment
Weather Elements	Rain Windshear
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	685891
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	685894
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : l eng indications other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Departing out of ZZZ at 6000 ft MSL; felt/heard loud bang and watched left engine roll back to zero. Declared emergency and returned to land. First officer flew the approach; I ran the checklist for engine failure and single engine landing. We landed some 15 minutes later. We stopped on runway 16L and were told by arff that they saw no smoke or fire damage to the left engine and we taxied to the gate and deplaned the passenger.callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that the left engine loss of power was caused by the 7TH stage compressor stator vane failure. The engine was a pratt & whitney JT8D-219.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD83; ON TKOF CLB AT 6000 FT MSL; DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER FLT CREW FELT/HEARD A LOUD BANG AND AFTER L ENG INDICATIONS WENT TO ZERO. CAUSE IS 7TH STAGE STATOR VANE FAILURE.

Narrative: DEPARTING OUT OF ZZZ AT 6000 FT MSL; FELT/HEARD LOUD BANG AND WATCHED L ENG ROLL BACK TO ZERO. DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND. FO FLEW THE APCH; I RAN THE CHKLIST FOR ENG FAILURE AND SINGLE ENG LNDG. WE LANDED SOME 15 MINUTES LATER. WE STOPPED ON RWY 16L AND WERE TOLD BY ARFF THAT THEY SAW NO SMOKE OR FIRE DAMAGE TO THE L ENG AND WE TAXIED TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED THE PAX.CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE L ENG LOSS OF POWER WAS CAUSED BY THE 7TH STAGE COMPRESSOR STATOR VANE FAILURE. THE ENG WAS A PRATT & WHITNEY JT8D-219.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.