A320 ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED ON FINAL APCH AND ENG SHUT DOWN. FLT CREW WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE CHECKLISTS; CONTINUE APCH AND LAND.

Date: 2007-11 · Aircraft: A320 · Phase: approach

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical

Synopsis

A320 ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED ON FINAL APCH AND ENG SHUT DOWN. FLT CREW WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE CHECKLISTS; CONTINUE APCH AND LAND.

Narrative

WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE ILS PRM RWY 9R INTO ATL JUST OUTSIDE OF THE FAF (BURNY); FLAPS 2 DEGS; 180 KIAS; ENG ANTI-ICE ON; WHEN THE MASTER CAUTION ALERTED US TO AN ECAM FOR A COMPRESSOR VANE FAULT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENG INDICATIONS AND SOUNDS CONFIRMED WE WERE EXPERIENCING COMPRESSOR STALLS. THE ECAM ALERT CHANGED TO ENG FAILURE FOR ENG #2. WE FOLLOWED ECAM PROCS RETARDING THE #2 THRUST LEVER AND WAITING 30 SECONDS FOR AN AUTO RELIGHT. WE CONFIGURED THE ACFT; GEAR DOWN FLAPS 3 DEGS THEN SAW THE ENG TEMP WAS IN THE RED ARC AND PROCEEDED TO SECURE THE ENG FOLLOWING COMPANY PROCS. I STARTED THE APU AND DID THE LNDG CHKLIST. AT 500 RA WE WERE STABLE AND CONFIGURED WITH THE ECAM CLR. WHEN CLRED TO LAND BY ATC I INFORMED THEM THAT WE HAD LOST AN ENG AND MAY NEED TO STOP ON THE RWY TO EVAL THE SITUATION. DUE TO THE HVY WORKLOAD AND TIME CONSTRAINTS WE DID NOT ADVISE THE FLT ATTENDANTS OR DECLARE AN EMER WITH ATC. OUR ATTN WAS FOCUSED ON THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE APCH TO A SAFE LNDG. AT 50 FT ABOVE MINIMUMS WE SAW THE APCH LIGHTS AND AT MINIMUMS COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. ON THE LNDG ROLL WE GOT ANOTHER ECAM FOR AN ENG OVER-TEMP ON THE AUTO RELIGHT ATTEMPT. WE TAXIED TO THE GATE; ADVISED DISPATCH AND MAINT OF THE PROB AND WROTE UP THE CONDITION IN THE MAINT LOG.

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