Narrative:

Upon climb out; we experienced a series of events which led to a left engine failure. The first officer and I decided that while we were running checklists; briefing the flight attendant and passengers; and talking to dispatch and ATC; that we would head toward our intended destination and be set up on final approach by the time we were finished. At the end of the QRH procedures; it says to land at the nearest suitable airport; which at the time of the event would have been a closer airport. However my thought was that by the time we would've held; completed all of our tasks and descended; we would've already been just as close to our destination anyway; which has better services for our situation. I decided that it would not adversely affect the safety of flight and elected to continue to our destination.the main cause of this event was that I did not read the words 'land at the nearest suitable airport' carefully enough and fully comprehend what it was saying. At the time; our destination was the nearest suitable airport in my mind; and once I had decided that; I had tunnel vision focus and did not consider alternatives.moving forward; I will be aware of my tendency to set up this tunnel vision so that I'm easily able to come out of it and consider alternatives to my plan if needed. I will not say that it was an unsafe decision to continue to destination; in fact I feel as though my decision was well-founded. However; the fact still remains that it was indeed technically contrary to the language used in the QRH.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight crew reported they had to shut down an engine but continued to their destination instead of landing at a closer airport as stated in the QRH.

Narrative: Upon climb out; we experienced a series of events which led to a left engine failure. The First Officer and I decided that while we were running checklists; briefing the Flight Attendant and passengers; and talking to Dispatch and ATC; that we would head toward our intended destination and be set up on final approach by the time we were finished. At the end of the QRH procedures; it says to land at the nearest suitable airport; which at the time of the event would have been a closer airport. However my thought was that by the time we would've held; completed all of our tasks and descended; we would've already been just as close to our destination anyway; which has better services for our situation. I decided that it would not adversely affect the safety of flight and elected to continue to our destination.The main cause of this event was that I did not read the words 'land at the nearest suitable airport' carefully enough and fully comprehend what it was saying. At the time; our destination was the nearest suitable airport in my mind; and once I had decided that; I had tunnel vision focus and did not consider alternatives.Moving forward; I will be aware of my tendency to set up this tunnel vision so that I'm easily able to come out of it and consider alternatives to my plan if needed. I will not say that it was an unsafe decision to continue to destination; in fact I feel as though my decision was well-founded. However; the fact still remains that it was indeed technically contrary to the language used in the QRH.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.