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A B717-200 returned to the departure airport following a series of compressor stalls from the left engine shortly after takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 920726 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B717 (Formerly MD-95) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Shortly after gear retraction; a continuous muffled banging was heard from the left engine. I felt a moderate reduction in thrust and we continued to climb on the runway heading. After confirming it was the left engine; the throttle was reduced to idle. We leveled off and declared an emergency with engine failure and intentions to return to the airport. The captain elected to shut down the engine. We transfered control to make the captain pilot flying; advised ATC that we would need some vectoring for time to run some checklists. ATC offered a runway and we agreed. ATC vectored us nicely and kept their communications to a minimum.we briefed the flight attendants for an anticipated normal approach and landing. I reprogrammed the FMS for our return and accomplished the engine failure/inflight shutdown checklist. After landing we cleared the runway and had fire/rescue visually check the left engine. Nothing was noted. We then taxied to the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B717-200 returned to the departure airport following a series of compressor stalls from the left engine shortly after takeoff.
Narrative: Shortly after gear retraction; a continuous muffled banging was heard from the left engine. I felt a moderate reduction in thrust and we continued to climb on the runway heading. After confirming it was the left engine; the throttle was reduced to idle. We leveled off and declared an emergency with engine failure and intentions to return to the airport. The Captain elected to shut down the engine. We transfered control to make the Captain pilot flying; advised ATC that we would need some vectoring for time to run some checklists. ATC offered a runway and we agreed. ATC vectored us nicely and kept their communications to a minimum.We briefed the Flight Attendants for an anticipated normal approach and landing. I reprogrammed the FMS for our return and accomplished the Engine failure/Inflight shutdown checklist. After landing we cleared the runway and had fire/rescue visually check the left engine. Nothing was noted. We then taxied to the gate.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.