B767-300 RIGHT ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED ON INITIAL TKOF ROLL. TKOF WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT INSPECTED.

Date: 2007-10 · Aircraft: B767-300 and 300 ER · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical

Synopsis

B767-300 RIGHT ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED ON INITIAL TKOF ROLL. TKOF WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT INSPECTED.

Narrative

OUR TKOF WAS ABORTED AT LOW SPD DUE TO A COMPRESSOR STALL OF THE R ENG. BOTH ENGS WERE STARTED FOR TAXI DUE TO THE FAIRLY HVY TKOF WT. BOTH ENGS RAN FOR OVER 5 MINS PRIOR TO TKOF AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WINDS WERE LIGHT. THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED TO 1.10 EPR THEN TOWARD REDUCED TKOF THRUST. A LOUD BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD JUST PRIOR TO REACHING TKOF THRUST. INDICATED AIRSPD WAS JUST MOVING OFF THE PEG. TWR RPTED FIRE VISIBLE FROM THE R ENG. TKOF WAS IMMEDIATELY ABORTED AT WHICH TIME TWR RPTED FIRE NO LONGER VISIBLE. THERE WAS NO FIRE ALARM IN THE COCKPIT OR ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. THE ORDER TO REMAIN SEATED WAS GIVEN BEFORE THE AIRPLANE WAS STOPPED TO PREVENT AN UNNECESSARY EVAC AND FIRE EQUIP REQUESTED. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE; WE THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE TO RUN THE QRC FOR FIRE/SEVERE DAMAGE/SEPARATION AS A PRECAUTION. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED BY CFR THEN TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. PREDEP BRIEFING PROCS PROVED VERY HELPFUL IN MANAGING THIS EVENT AND ESTABLISHED THE CREW CONCEPT NECESSARY FOR A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.

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