RETURN TO LAND AFTER A 4 HR HOLD FOR FUEL BURNOFF WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT INGESTION FROM R MAIN TIRE FAILURE CREATES A SERIES OF COMPRESSOR STALLS AND FOD ON #2 ENG AFTER TKOF FROM BNA; TN.

Date: 2002-05 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

RETURN TO LAND AFTER A 4 HR HOLD FOR FUEL BURNOFF WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT INGESTION FROM R MAIN TIRE FAILURE CREATES A SERIES OF COMPRESSOR STALLS AND FOD ON #2 ENG AFTER TKOF FROM BNA; TN.

Narrative

FO'S TKOF ON RWY 20C. EVERYTHING NORMAL UP TO VR. HOWEVER; SHORTLY AFTER BREAKING GND; ENCOUNTERED COMPRESSOR STALLS WITH EGT AND N1 SURGES. CLBED STRAIGHT AHEAD; PULLED R THROTTLE TO IDLE. R ENG STABILIZED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. DECLARED AN EMER AND CALLED FOR A TURN TO RWY 13. SET UP HOLDING PATTERN ON BNA 310 DEG RADIAL; 10-20 DME AT 5000 FT. WITH GEAR HANDLE UP; WE HAD 3 RED LIGHTS INDICATING NOT UP AND LOCKED PROPERLY. RAN COMPRESSOR STALL CHKLIST AND RECEIVED A CALL FROM NASHVILLE DEP ABOUT RUBBER DEBRIS FOUND ON RWY 20C. CONFIRMED FROM OTHER ACFT THAT DEBRIS FROM OUR FLT. BURNED FUEL DOWN TO 12000 LBS; LOWERED GEAR AND COMPLETED A LOW APCH SO NASHVILLE TWR COULD CONFIRM STATUS OF R TIRE/GEAR. HAD UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION ON R MAIN GEAR. TWR CONFIRMED GEAR DOWN; COULD NOT CONFIRM BLOWN TIRE. AFTER COMPLETING CHKLISTS FOR UNSAFE GEAR AND VISUAL INSPECTION THROUGH VIEWING PORT IN CABIN; WE COULD NOT CONFIRM GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGH VIEWING PORT DUE TO DEBRIS BLOCKING THE VIEW. CALLED AND COORD THROUGH MAINT. EXECUTED VISUAL APCH TO RWY 13 TO A FULL STOP ON THE RWY. SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGS AND MAINT TOWED US TO THE GATE WHERE THE 100 PAX DEPLANED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 547771: WHEN WE LEVELED OUT; THE CAPT CALLED US ON THE PHONE AND TOLD US THAT WE HAD A PROBABLE COMPRESSOR STALL AND THAT WE WOULD RETURN TO NASHVILLE AFTER BURNING OFF ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE A SAFE LNDG. WE WOULD HAVE TO CIRCLE BNA FOR NEARLY 4 HRS TO BURN OFF ENOUGH FUEL TO LAND. WE (IN MAIN CABIN) PERFORMED 2 SVCS TO KEEP THE PAX BUSY. AFTER ABOUT 3 HRS WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT DEBRIS FOUND ON THE RWY IN BNA WAS FROM OUR PLANE AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BEGIN OUR 'PLANNED EMER LNDG.' DURING THIS FLY-BY THE FO CAME OUT OF THE COCKPIT AND PROCEEDED TO PULL UP THE CARPET OVER THE WING TO LOOK DOWN THE PEEP HOLES FOR THE BACK LNDG GEAR. WE PROCEEDED TO LAND. BRACE WAS CALLED OUT OVER THE PA AND EVERYONE BRACED. THE LNDG WAS ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST I HAVE EVER HAD! FIRE TRUCKS FOLLOWED US AND PINS WERE PLACED IN THE LNDG GEAR. AFTER ALL PAX DEPLANED; WE SAW THAT PART OF THE TIRE HAD GONE THROUGH THE WING FLAP; STUCK AT A 3 O'CLOCK POS INSIDE ENG #2 AND THAT THERE WERE HOLES IN THE BACK OF THE ENG. WE WERE REPLACED BY ANOTHER CREW AND WENT TO THE HOTEL TO WORK FLT OUT THE NEXT MORNING.

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