AN AIRBUS 300 ON INITIAL CLB AT 1500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO #2 ENG SEVERE STALLS; LOSS OF PWR; AND FIRE CAUSED BY A FAILED TURBINE BLADE.

2000-10 · NASA ASRS report 487495

Date: 2000-10 · Aircraft: A300 · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-smoke-fire-fumes-odor|other-2-engine-failed

Synopsis

AN AIRBUS 300 ON INITIAL CLB AT 1500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO #2 ENG SEVERE STALLS; LOSS OF PWR; AND FIRE CAUSED BY A FAILED TURBINE BLADE.

Narrative

AT 1500 AGL ACFT RETRIMMED FOLLOWING NOISE ABATEMENT AND FLAPS RETRACTED; ENG 2 FAILURE NO FIRE LIGHT WITH 3 POPS COMPRESSOR STALL NOISE. ENG ROLLED TO 10 PERCENT RPM; ENG FIRE AND SEVERE CHKLIST ACCOMPLISHED. FA'S RPTED FLAME AS CHKLIST WAS BEING RUN. FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED AFTER FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE NO FIRE LIGHT CAME ON DURING SHUTDOWN OF ENG. ACFT EMER DECLARED AND ACFT RECOVERED TO MIA FLT DURATION 11 MINS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A G.E. CF6-80C2 ENG AND MAINT RPTED THE FAILURE WAS A TURBINE BLADE IN THE HIGH PRESS TURBINE AREA. THE RPTR SAID THE ENG HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE STALLS CAUSING THE ACFT TO YAW EACH TIME AND AFTER THE THIRD STALL THE ENG SPOOLED DOWN TO 10 PERCENT N1. THE RPTR SAID THE CREW WAS IN THE ENG SHUTDOWN PROCS WHEN A FA ALERTED THEM TO THE ENG FIRE. THE RPTR STATED AT NO TIME DID THE #2 ENG FIRE WARNING SYS GIVE ANY WARNING. THE RPTR SAID THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE RPTR WAS ALSO ADVISED BY MAINT THE N2 ROTOR WAS SEIZED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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