Narrative:

Climbing through FL325 approaching ZZZ VOR, airplane started to violently shake. Observed r-hand engine EPR, N1, N2 at zero. Took aircraft off autoplt, stopped climb, evaluated situation. Per formed QRH memory items and declared emergency with ATC. Asked for and received lower altitude and heading to ZZZ. Noticed l-hand EPR to be erratic and r-hand hydraulics quantity at zero. Evaluated and asked ATC for nearest suitable airport for DC9. Shaking continued throughout descent. Performed QRH, shut r-hand engine down, secured by pulling fire handle per QRH. Received vectors for ZZZ1 AFB. Runway was 150 ft by 9000 ft, VFR conditions. Received ILS frequency and inbound course from approach. Had flight attendants brace passenger for landing. Discussed 5 questions from them. Performed 1 engine in-range and landing checklist, shaking subsided with speed reduction. Landed without incident. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated on climbing through FL325 the airplane began to shake violently with loss of power on the right engine. The reporter said the noise was unbelievable, anything that was shock mounted in the airplane was vibrating and shaking and it looked as if the forward galley would vibrate into the cockpit. The reporter stated on landing and inspection of the engine that it was found a fan blade had failed causing the N1 shaft to seize. The reporter said the forward engine mount failed allowing the forward part of the engine to have a 2 inch droop. The reporter stated the shaking and vibration caused failure of the left engine pressure ratio indication and failed right hydraulic pressure lines in the wheel well. The reporter aid the torquing of the engine caused oil canning of the aft fuselage and the airplane has been scrapped. The reporter stated the engine was a pratt & whitney JT8D-9.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-30 CLBING THROUGH FL325 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO R ENG LOSS OF PWR AND VIOLENT SHAKING. CAUSED BY FAN BLADE FAILURE.

Narrative: CLBING THROUGH FL325 APCHING ZZZ VOR, AIRPLANE STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. OBSERVED R-HAND ENG EPR, N1, N2 AT ZERO. TOOK ACFT OFF AUTOPLT, STOPPED CLB, EVALUATED SIT. PER FORMED QRH MEMORY ITEMS AND DECLARED EMER WITH ATC. ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED LOWER ALT AND HDG TO ZZZ. NOTICED L-HAND EPR TO BE ERRATIC AND R-HAND HYDS QUANTITY AT ZERO. EVALUATED AND ASKED ATC FOR NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT FOR DC9. SHAKING CONTINUED THROUGHOUT DSCNT. PERFORMED QRH, SHUT R-HAND ENG DOWN, SECURED BY PULLING FIRE HANDLE PER QRH. RECEIVED VECTORS FOR ZZZ1 AFB. RWY WAS 150 FT BY 9000 FT, VFR CONDITIONS. RECEIVED ILS FREQ AND INBOUND COURSE FROM APCH. HAD FLT ATTENDANTS BRACE PAX FOR LNDG. DISCUSSED 5 QUESTIONS FROM THEM. PERFORMED 1 ENG IN-RANGE AND LNDG CHKLIST, SHAKING SUBSIDED WITH SPD REDUCTION. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED ON CLBING THROUGH FL325 THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WITH LOSS OF PWR ON THE R ENG. THE RPTR SAID THE NOISE WAS UNBELIEVABLE, ANYTHING THAT WAS SHOCK MOUNTED IN THE AIRPLANE WAS VIBRATING AND SHAKING AND IT LOOKED AS IF THE FORWARD GALLEY WOULD VIBRATE INTO THE COCKPIT. THE RPTR STATED ON LNDG AND INSPECTION OF THE ENG THAT IT WAS FOUND A FAN BLADE HAD FAILED CAUSING THE N1 SHAFT TO SEIZE. THE RPTR SAID THE FORWARD ENG MOUNT FAILED ALLOWING THE FORWARD PART OF THE ENG TO HAVE A 2 INCH DROOP. THE RPTR STATED THE SHAKING AND VIBRATION CAUSED FAILURE OF THE L ENG PRESSURE RATIO INDICATION AND FAILED R HYD PRESSURE LINES IN THE WHEEL WELL. THE RPTR AID THE TORQUING OF THE ENG CAUSED OIL CANNING OF THE AFT FUSELAGE AND THE AIRPLANE HAS BEEN SCRAPPED. THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A PRATT & WHITNEY JT8D-9.

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.