An md-82 flight crew declared and emergency and returned to their departure airport when they experi...

Narrative:

Climbing through approximately 13;000 ft we experienced several quick right engine compressor stalls. After disconnecting the autothrottles and retarding the power on the right engine; the compressor stalls seemed to subside.we immediately declared an emergency with ATC; completed QRH and normal checklists; then returned to our departure airport. After landing; crash fire rescue equipment verified the right engine was secured and we taxied to the gate. Upon inspection of the right engine; we discovered that the right engine inlet nose bullet had sheared off and was resting in the cowling against the inlet guide vanes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-82 flight crew declared and emergency and returned to their departure airport when they experienced compressor stalls from the right engine during their climb out. Inspection after landing revealed the engine's nose bullet had sheared off and had remained in the cowling inlet.

Narrative: Climbing through approximately 13;000 FT we experienced several quick right engine compressor stalls. After disconnecting the autothrottles and retarding the power on the right engine; the compressor stalls seemed to subside.We immediately declared an emergency with ATC; completed QRH and normal checklists; then returned to our departure airport. After landing; CFR verified the right engine was secured and we taxied to the gate. Upon inspection of the right engine; we discovered that the right engine inlet nose bullet had sheared off and was resting in the cowling against the inlet guide vanes.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	993075
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 18000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An md-82 flight crew declared and emergency and returned to their departure airport when they experienced compressor stalls from the right engine during their climb out. Inspection after landing revealed the engine's nose bullet had sheared off and had remained in the cowling inlet.