20251213021069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 777-224 · Dulles, VA · December 13, 2025

Date
December 13, 2025 · 12:35 local
Place
Dulles, VA
Airport
Washington Dulles International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78004
Reported as
Boeing 777-224
Reported engine
GE GE90-94B
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Just after take-off, on climb out aircraft experienced a compressor stall.

Crew heard a loud bang followed by N1 rollback to 12%. EGT went up 1000 degrees for about 2 minutes then stabilized at 800 degrees.

Crew executed steps in electronic checklist which directed them to shutdown the engine. Crew contacted dispatch and tomc.

Decision was made to return to iad. Crew elected to dump fuel. Crew declared an emergency and landed overweight.

Aircraft stopped on runway and MLG tires sprayed by ARFF. After a brief delay aircraft was towed to the gate without further incident

As the FAA filed it

JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF, ON CLIMB OUT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL.

CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY N1 ROLLBACK TO 12%. EGT WENT UP 1000 DEGREES FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES THEN STABILIZED AT 800 DEGREES.

CREW EXECUTED STEPS IN ELECTRONIC CHECKLIST WHICH DIRECTED THEM TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. CREW CONTACTED DISPATCH AND TOMC.

DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO IAD. CREW ELECTED TO DUMP FUEL. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED OVERWEIGHT.

AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON RUNWAY AND MLG TIRES SPRAYED BY ARFF. AFTER A BRIEF DELAY AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT