MD80 CREW HAD HIGH PWR COMPRESSOR STALLS JUST AFTER TKOF.
Synopsis
MD80 CREW HAD HIGH PWR COMPRESSOR STALLS JUST AFTER TKOF.
Narrative
COMPRESSOR STALL AFTER TKOF FROM CHICAGO. MAX PWR TKOF FROM RWY 9R WAS INTERRUPTED WITH 2 SUBTLE JOLTS AT 800 FT AGL. MASTER CAUTION AND WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED BRIEFLY; BUT WERE UNREADABLE. I DISCONNECTED THE AUTOTHROTTLES AND REDUCED PWR TO 1.7 EPR. THE ACFT CLBED NICELY AT 1500 FPM. CONTINUED CLBING R TURN TO THE W AND CLRED CLOUDS AT 10500 FT. WITH THE ANTI-ICE EQUIP TURNED OFF THE AFT FLT ATTENDANTS AND A PAX RIDING CAPT AGREED THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENT NOISES AND A DISTINCT VIBRATION COMING FROM THE L ENG. CALLED FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM ACR MAINT WHO REFERRED US TO LCL MAINT AND ESTABLISHED A RADIO RELAY. LCL MAINT RECOMMENDED ENG MONITORING WHILE CONTINUING ONWARD TO RENO. REMAINDER OF FLT AND LNDG WERE UNREMARKABLE. MAINT INSPECTION REVEALED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO C-1 DISK. 6 BLADES WERE BENT FORWARD AT THE TIPS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 460535: ON TKOF AT 800 FT HAD 2 MINOR COMPRESSOR STALLS ALL ENG READINGS WERE NORMAL. CABIN CREW AND PAX RIDER ACR CAPT SAID FELT VIBRATION FROM ENGS AT HIGH PWR SETTINGS; BUT REDUCED WITH LOWER PWR SETTINGS. TALKED WITH MAINT. THEY RECOMMENDED CONTINUING TO RNO WHICH WE DID TO AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. INSPECTION OF ENGS SHOWED 7 OR 8 BENT BLADES ON #1 ENG.
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