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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A319-131 · Indianapolis, IN · March 16, 2003

Date: March 16, 2003
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Aircraft: N818UA
Reported as: Airbus A319131
Reported engine: IAE V2522A5

N818UARegistered now · Airbus Industrie A319-131S/N 0882 · Built 1998 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A319-131 Engine modelIAE V2500SERIESTurbo-jet

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Flight 1799 enroute ord to tpa experienced a series of compressor stalls on the left engine. Power was reduced to idle. The stalls repeated when power was reapplied. The engine was shut down and the flight diverted to ind. An emergency was declared. Maintenance personnel found that 12 blades of the 6th stage of compression were bent from contact with the linner. One blade had broken loose. Metal was found in the tail pipe. An SDR is to be submitted by the operator.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT 1799 ENROUTE ORD TO TPA EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF COMPRESSOR STALLS ON THE LEFT ENGINE. POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. THE STALLS REPEATED WHEN POWER WAS REAPPLIED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO IND. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT 12 BLADES OF THE 6TH STAGE OF COMPRESSION WERE BENT FROM CONTACT WITH THE LINNER. ONE BLADE HAD BROKEN LOOSE. METAL WAS FOUND IN THE TAIL PIPE. AN SDR IS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE OPERATOR.