Narrative:

This was on flight abcd from fll-jfk. (16 passenger, crew 6, fuel 26900 pounds, gross weight 163900 pounds.) start and taxi out were normal. Takeoff normal with exception that the right engine was slightly slower to spool up on runway, but certainly nothing drastic. So, takeoff and climb out were normal, with me (the first officer) flying. We then heard a loud bang, had a significant yaw and loss of power noted on all right engine gauges. (No egt exceedence was noted.) I leveled off (17500 ft), the captain declared an emergency with an immediate turn back to fll. The captain got out the QRH to read the appropriate 'non-normal' checklist. But my EFIS display blanked out several times due to loss of generator power and we decided on a switch of roles. Captain took control of the flying and I ran the appropriate checklists. We let the flight attendants and the passenger know everything was 'under control' and we were returning to fll with an engine out. We then requested the fire equipment to stand by for a straight-in landing on runway 27R. Landing, taxi in, and shutdown were normal. A postflt examination of the engine showed all blades intact, but 'frozen' and small bits of metal in the tail section. (Our flight attendants did report seeing a large ball of flame exit the engine around the time of engine failure, but no fire was observed or indicated in cockpit.) callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated a request was made to maintenance to advise the crew of the cause of the engine failure but have received no maintenance reply. The reporter said it resulted in an engine change due to the fan rotor being locked up and the presence of turbine blade debris in the tailpipe.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 IN CLB AT 17500 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO R ENG FAILURE. CAUSE OF FAILURE UNKNOWN.

Narrative: THIS WAS ON FLT ABCD FROM FLL-JFK. (16 PAX, CREW 6, FUEL 26900 LBS, GROSS WT 163900 LBS.) START AND TAXI OUT WERE NORMAL. TKOF NORMAL WITH EXCEPTION THAT THE R ENG WAS SLIGHTLY SLOWER TO SPOOL UP ON RWY, BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING DRASTIC. SO, TKOF AND CLBOUT WERE NORMAL, WITH ME (THE FO) FLYING. WE THEN HEARD A LOUD BANG, HAD A SIGNIFICANT YAW AND LOSS OF PWR NOTED ON ALL R ENG GAUGES. (NO EGT EXCEEDENCE WAS NOTED.) I LEVELED OFF (17500 FT), THE CAPT DECLARED AN EMER WITH AN IMMEDIATE TURN BACK TO FLL. THE CAPT GOT OUT THE QRH TO READ THE APPROPRIATE 'NON-NORMAL' CHKLIST. BUT MY EFIS DISPLAY BLANKED OUT SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO LOSS OF GENERATOR PWR AND WE DECIDED ON A SWITCH OF ROLES. CAPT TOOK CTL OF THE FLYING AND I RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. WE LET THE FLT ATTENDANTS AND THE PAX KNOW EVERYTHING WAS 'UNDER CTL' AND WE WERE RETURNING TO FLL WITH AN ENG OUT. WE THEN REQUESTED THE FIRE EQUIP TO STAND BY FOR A STRAIGHT-IN LNDG ON RWY 27R. LNDG, TAXI IN, AND SHUTDOWN WERE NORMAL. A POSTFLT EXAMINATION OF THE ENG SHOWED ALL BLADES INTACT, BUT 'FROZEN' AND SMALL BITS OF METAL IN THE TAIL SECTION. (OUR FLT ATTENDANTS DID RPT SEEING A LARGE BALL OF FLAME EXIT THE ENG AROUND THE TIME OF ENG FAILURE, BUT NO FIRE WAS OBSERVED OR INDICATED IN COCKPIT.) CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED A REQUEST WAS MADE TO MAINT TO ADVISE THE CREW OF THE CAUSE OF THE ENG FAILURE BUT HAVE RECEIVED NO MAINT REPLY. THE RPTR SAID IT RESULTED IN AN ENG CHANGE DUE TO THE FAN ROTOR BEING LOCKED UP AND THE PRESENCE OF TURBINE BLADE DEBRIS IN THE TAILPIPE.

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.