Service difficulty report · Engine · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
August 22, 2022
Submitted
August 25, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N758US
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
1348
Aircraft time
54,910 hours, 35,716 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B6P
Engine time
26,903 hours, 11,871 cycles
Part
Engine
Part number
1887M10G07
Part serial
645723
Condition
Stalled
Location
Zone 400 - Nac/P
Part time
26,903 hours, 11,871 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: #2 ENGINE STALL ON TAKEOFF DURING GEAR RETRACTION. CREW RAN THE ECAM ACTIONS / QRH. STALL WENT AWAY AT IDLE. STALL RETURNED WHEN ADVANCING. PASSENGERS REPORTED FLAMES FROM THE TAILPIPE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ABQ WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE #2 ENGINE AND FOUND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE COMPRESSOR STAGES 4 THRU 9 AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WILL BE CHANGED. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED** (OPEN)