# SDR AALA202603125515

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 11, 2026
- Submitted: March 12, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N970AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N970AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 30096
- Aircraft time: 68,964 hours, 29,431 cycles
- Engine time: 42,487 hours, 18,348 cycles
- System (JASC): [7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7230)
- Part: Compressor
- Condition: Stalled
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: R, S, A
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202603125515

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED DUE TO: ON CLIMB OUT THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 11000 FEET WITH CLIMB POWER ON BOTH ENGINES THE AIRCRAFT SHOOK MOMENTARILY WITH A BRIEF YAW TO THE LEFT. SOON AFTER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CALLED AND SAID A BRIEF FLAME WAS VISIBLE ON LEFT SIDE. ENGINE NUMBER 1 HAD A COMPRESSOR STALL. AIRCRAFT AIR INTERRUPTED BACK TO AND LANDED SAFELY AT ORD. **SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED**(OPEN).

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