B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Workload; Physiological - Other; Fatigue
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency
Human Factors; Aircraft
Shortly after takeoff on [Runway] 28R; experienced compressor stalls/surge Number 1 (left) Engine. Procedures handled in accordance with QRH. [We] returned for a normal underweight landing. After adrenaline rush of handling the emergency; fatigue set in and I felt I could not safely continue a late night flight.
During turn-out on departure at about 600 FT; Number 1 Engine compressor stalled twice. Engine operated normally at idle and an emergency return to the departure airport [was] executed in accordance with QRH and ATC.
Shortly after takeoff; a B737-800 left engine had two compressor stalls; so an emergency was declared; the QRH completed and the flight returned to the departure airport.