B767 FLC HAS ENG FAILURE DURING CLB TO ALT.
Synopsis
B767 FLC HAS ENG FAILURE DURING CLB TO ALT.
Narrative
DURING CLBOUT FROM DTW; PASSING THROUGH FL300; WE HEARD A LOUD BANG; FELT SOME VIBRATION. #1 EGT WENT TO 981 DEGS. FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED SEEING A BRIEF 'FIREBALL' FROM #1 ENG. CAPT ACCOMPLISHED 'INITIAL ACTION ITEMS' FOR WHAT WE BELIEVED WAS AN 'ENG SURGE.' ENG RUN OK AT IDLE PWR. CAPT RAN THE CHKLIST; COMMUNICATED WITH FLT ATTENDANTS; MADE PAX PA AND NOTIFIED COMPANY. INITIALLY CHOSE CVG TO DIVERT; THEN SWITCHED TO DAY; WHEN A BLEED AIR ODOR INTENSIFIED. SET UP HIGH KEY DIRECTLY OVER DAY; AND THEN MADE R TFC FOR RWY 24R. FLEW AT +310 KIAS TO FACILITATE DSCNT BELOW 10000 FT. I CONFIGURED ACFT ON BASE LEG AT 170 KIAS WITH FLAPS 5 DEGS (VREF 20 = 138 KIAS). I THINK #1 LOST IDLE PWR; IT TOOK A LARGE THRUST ADDITION ON #2 TO CATCH/MAINTAIN 150 KIAS AND THIS SHALLOWED THE TURN TO FINAL. HAD OVERSHOOTING WINDS FROM NW; SO OVERSHOT FINAL A BIT. ESTABLISHED FINAL OVER ACTRA FAF AT 150 KIAS WITH GEAR DOWN/FLAPS 20 DEGS. FINAL APCH AND LNDG WERE UNEVENTFUL. USED BRAKES AND MINIMUM IDLE REVERSE TO STOP ABEAM TXWY U ON RWY 24R. FIRE TRUCKS CONVERGED. IR SCAN REVEALED NO HOT SPOTS. TAXIED TO GATE. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED PARTICLES IN #1 TAILPIPE SUGGESTING SOME TYPE OF INTERNAL FAILURE. MAINT ANALYSIS PENDING. BIGGEST LESSON LEARNED: REAL-LIFE EMER WORKLOAD AND NOISE MUCH HIGHER THAN SIMULATOR CAN EMULATE. THIS COMBINES TO TRY AND DISTRACT ONE FROM THE FIRST PRIORITY -- FLY THE AIRPLANE! CONCENTRATION IS KEY.
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