Narrative:

Cruising at 7000 ft MSL, just prior to being handed off from pvd approach to bos approach, my captain and I felt a surge in the right engine. Seconds later, there were flames coming out of the exhaust stacks of the right engine. We both noticed a glow out the right window, when the captain asked me to confirm the status of the right engine, I told him there were flames coming out of the exhaust stacks. There were no indications of a fire by the aircraft's fire detection system inside the cockpit at this time or for the remainder of the flight. No extinguisher bottles were discharged. The captain noticed a drop in the torque and N1 gauges as the engine shut down. We proceeded with the 'immediate action' items of an engine fire/failure in-flight emergency. After completing these items, the engine was secured and the flames ceased to flow from the exhaust stacks. We proceeded with the 'clean-up' checklist which was then actioned. Pvd approach asked the nature of the problem. We stated that the right engine had failed and is shut down. They requested the number of persons on board and fuel remaining. We were vectored in for the visual approach to runway 34 and proceeded with the single engine landing. Fire trucks, which were not requested by us, awaited our arrival. The passenger were told prior to landing of the situation and we were making a landing in pvd, ri. Results on the ground by a mechanic indicated the power turbine section of the aircraft engine had shattered and seized in-flight. No other findings were determined at that time. We were given timely, professional assistance by the controllers and priority landing into pvd.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMT ENG FAILS AND IS SHUT DOWN.

Narrative: CRUISING AT 7000 FT MSL, JUST PRIOR TO BEING HANDED OFF FROM PVD APCH TO BOS APCH, MY CAPT AND I FELT A SURGE IN THE R ENG. SECONDS LATER, THERE WERE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST STACKS OF THE R ENG. WE BOTH NOTICED A GLOW OUT THE R WINDOW, WHEN THE CAPT ASKED ME TO CONFIRM THE STATUS OF THE R ENG, I TOLD HIM THERE WERE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST STACKS. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A FIRE BY THE ACFT'S FIRE DETECTION SYS INSIDE THE COCKPIT AT THIS TIME OR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. NO EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. THE CAPT NOTICED A DROP IN THE TORQUE AND N1 GAUGES AS THE ENG SHUT DOWN. WE PROCEEDED WITH THE 'IMMEDIATE ACTION' ITEMS OF AN ENG FIRE/FAILURE INFLT EMER. AFTER COMPLETING THESE ITEMS, THE ENG WAS SECURED AND THE FLAMES CEASED TO FLOW FROM THE EXHAUST STACKS. WE PROCEEDED WITH THE 'CLEAN-UP' CHKLIST WHICH WAS THEN ACTIONED. PVD APCH ASKED THE NATURE OF THE PROB. WE STATED THAT THE R ENG HAD FAILED AND IS SHUT DOWN. THEY REQUESTED THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD AND FUEL REMAINING. WE WERE VECTORED IN FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 34 AND PROCEEDED WITH THE SINGLE ENG LNDG. FIRE TRUCKS, WHICH WERE NOT REQUESTED BY US, AWAITED OUR ARR. THE PAX WERE TOLD PRIOR TO LNDG OF THE SIT AND WE WERE MAKING A LNDG IN PVD, RI. RESULTS ON THE GND BY A MECH INDICATED THE PWR TURBINE SECTION OF THE ACFT ENG HAD SHATTERED AND SEIZED INFLT. NO OTHER FINDINGS WERE DETERMINED AT THAT TIME. WE WERE GIVEN TIMELY, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE BY THE CTLRS AND PRIORITY LNDG INTO PVD.

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.