An light transport had an engine failure at night. They declared an emergency and landed.

Attributes
ACN	219444
Time
Date	199208
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bwi airport : iad
State Reference	MD
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11500 msl bound upper : 11500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : iad
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors enroute airway : iad
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 229 flight time total : 5271 flight time type : 3215
ASRS Report	219444
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Approximately 10 mins after takeoff, erratic engine indications were noted from the right engine. Right engine torque dropped indicating approximately 35% right engine oil psi flucuations between 50-100 psi and a bad pounding noise was heard. After reviewing the erratic engine indications checklists, the engine failure or in- flight shutdown checklist was performed with a shutdown of the right engine. An emergency was declared with a return to iad. Both the single engine and single engine go around checklists were reviewed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN LTT HAD AN ENG FAILURE AT NIGHT. THEY DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED.

Narrative: APPROX 10 MINS AFTER TKOF, ERRATIC ENG INDICATIONS WERE NOTED FROM THE R ENG. R ENG TORQUE DROPPED INDICATING APPROX 35% R ENG OIL PSI FLUCUATIONS BTWN 50-100 PSI AND A BAD POUNDING NOISE WAS HEARD. AFTER REVIEWING THE ERRATIC ENG INDICATIONS CHKLISTS, THE ENG FAILURE OR IN- FLT SHUTDOWN CHKLIST WAS PERFORMED WITH A SHUTDOWN OF THE R ENG. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH A RETURN TO IAD. BOTH THE SINGLE ENG AND SINGLE ENG GAR CHKLISTS WERE REVIEWED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.