B757 flight crew had an engine failure turning onto final approach. Flight crew requested vectors of...

Narrative:

Turning to intercept final for the VOR approach; we experienced a right engine failure rolling out of a right turn and leveling off at 3;000 ft when the engines were throttling up from idle. First indication was a pop from the engine followed by a whine down of the engine accompanied by red indications on the EICAS. I then turned off the autopilot and declared an emergency while asking for vectors off the approach to the east. [I] asked my first officer to run the engine failure checklist to shut it down or look at a restart. While he was rifling through the yellow book; I got on the PA and explained to the passengers what they had heard and that they would get instructions from the flight attendants shortly. I then called the purser and asked him to do a prep for evacuation with the passengers.when the first officer was starting the engine failure checklist; the engine restarted on its own and came to idle. We discussed what flap setting would be appropriate and decided on a flaps 20 landing thinking that it may fail again at any time. We requested an ILS to [right runway] knowing it didn't require the 90-degree turn on short final into what might be a failing engine. After landing [the first officer] gave the 'remain seated' call and we had the fire company determine that there was no further problem before we shut it down and went to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew had an engine failure turning onto final approach. Flight crew requested vectors off the approach and ran the Engine Failure Checklist. Engine restarted on its own and flight crew continued on a visual approach to uneventful landing.

Narrative: Turning to intercept final for the VOR approach; we experienced a right engine failure rolling out of a right turn and leveling off at 3;000 FT when the engines were throttling up from idle. First indication was a pop from the engine followed by a whine down of the engine accompanied by red indications on the EICAS. I then turned off the autopilot and declared an emergency while asking for vectors off the approach to the east. [I] asked my First Officer to run the Engine Failure Checklist to shut it down or look at a restart. While he was rifling through the yellow book; I got on the PA and explained to the passengers what they had heard and that they would get instructions from the flight attendants shortly. I then called the Purser and asked him to do a prep for evacuation with the passengers.When the First Officer was starting the Engine Failure Checklist; the engine restarted on its own and came to idle. We discussed what flap setting would be appropriate and decided on a flaps 20 landing thinking that it may fail again at any time. We requested an ILS to [right runway] knowing it didn't require the 90-degree turn on short final into what might be a failing engine. After landing [the First Officer] gave the 'remain seated' call and we had the fire company determine that there was no further problem before we shut it down and went to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1051154
Time
Date	201211
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

B757 flight crew had an engine failure turning onto final approach. Flight crew requested vectors off the approach and ran the engine failure checklist. Engine restarted on its own and flight crew continued on a visual approach to uneventful landing.