B727-200 TKOF ABORTED DUE TO COMPRESSOR STALL. NO COMPRESSOR STALL ON SECOND TKOF ATTEMPT.

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COMPRESSOR STALL ON #2 ENG (B727-200) ON INITIAL APPLICATION OF TKOF PWR. WIND 60 DEGS OFF AXIS AT 15 KTS (330 DEGS; 15 KTS). HEARD LOUD BANG OR THUMP AND FELT HESITATION OF ACFT. CAPT BROUGHT THROTTLES TO IDLE AND REQUESTED CANCELLATION OF TKOF CLRNC. AUTOPACK TRIP HAD OCCURRED AND FE RESET AUTO PACK TRIP SYS. CAPT PUSHED UP EACH THROTTLE INDIVIDUALLY TO IDENT CAUSE OF PROB. #2 ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED AGAIN; THUS IDENTING PROB. CAPT REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED TKOF CLRNC. THROTTLES #1 AND #3 WERE ADVANCED TO GAIN GND SPD; THEN #2 THROTTLE ADVANCED SMOOTHLY TO TKOF EPR. FE EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT TKOF WAS BEING INITIATED AND WAS TOLD #2 ENG COMPRESSOR STALLS ARE NOT UNUSUAL WITH A XWIND. CAPT SEEMED PREOCCUPIED WITH PROB AS HE MISSED 2 DME TURNOUT BY 1 MI. FLT TO BDL WAS UNEVENTFUL. GND INSPECTION OF #2 ENG AT BDL BY MECH REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT PROBS. NO LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE. FLEW 3 OTHER LEGS THAT NIGHT. ON FOLLOWING NIGHT; SIMILAR OCCURRENCE OCCURRED; ONLY #2 ENG COMPRESSOR STALL NOT AS SIGNIFICANT (LOUD; ETC) AS PREVIOUS NIGHT. NO PROC IN AOM FOR ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN THIS INSTANCE. (COMPRESSOR STALL ON APPLICATION OF TKOF PWR.) ANALYSIS: ACR FLIES IN SUPPORT OF CONTRACT WITH UNITED STATES GOV. THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL PENALTIES (FINANCIAL) AND THEREFORE GREAT PRESSURE ON THE CAPT TO GET TO DEST ON TIME. CRM ON INITIAL COMPRESSOR STALL WAS POOR AS NEITHER FO NOR FE WERE ASKED THEIR OPINION OF CONTINUING TKOF. HAVING MECH CHK #2 ENG AT DEST INDICATES DUBIOUS FEELING OF #2 ENG INTEGRITY. BOTTOM LINE: PRESSURE TO GET TO DEST ON TIME LED TO UNSAFE DECISION; IN OPINION OF FE.