Narrative:

During landing at approximately 100-50 ft AGL; we heard a low frequency groan with a slight shudder of the airframe. I rechked the gear down indication and we landed. With reverse selected and the spoilers deployed; I noticed a rising tgt on the left engine; I informed the first officer that we lost our left engine and as the tgt rose further; I elected to shut off the fuel switch to that engine. The peak tgt was 1062. After the fuel switch was moved to the 'off' position the temperature fell back to a normal but still very warm temperature approximately 400 degrees. We informed the tower of the situation and asked for them to have the fire trucks meet us and asked if they saw anything unusual on our left engine. They said everything looked fine and we waited for the fire department to check things out; we ran the engine tgt high checklist; and the fire department said we had no smoke or fluid coming out of the engine although their sensors showed heat they saw no signs of fire. We contacted operations and continued to the gate with fire trucks in tow as a precaution. The passenger deplaned at the gate without incident. I believe the engine was in the process of failing as we were touching down and fuel was causing high temperatures in the engine. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that they did not know what was happening as the aircraft shuddered and because of the low altitude had very little time to troubleshoot what was occurring. In the end the high tgt was detected before the level 2 alerts were again active below 80 KTS.

Related reports:

Google
 

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B717 ENG FAILED DURING LANDING BUT WAS DETECTED BY THE CREW AS A HIGH TGT EVEN THOUGH THE LEVEL 2 ALERT WAS BLOCKED DURING LANDING.

Narrative: DURING LNDG AT APPROX 100-50 FT AGL; WE HEARD A LOW FREQ GROAN WITH A SLIGHT SHUDDER OF THE AIRFRAME. I RECHKED THE GEAR DOWN INDICATION AND WE LANDED. WITH REVERSE SELECTED AND THE SPOILERS DEPLOYED; I NOTICED A RISING TGT ON THE L ENG; I INFORMED THE FO THAT WE LOST OUR L ENG AND AS THE TGT ROSE FURTHER; I ELECTED TO SHUT OFF THE FUEL SWITCH TO THAT ENG. THE PEAK TGT WAS 1062. AFTER THE FUEL SWITCH WAS MOVED TO THE 'OFF' POS THE TEMP FELL BACK TO A NORMAL BUT STILL VERY WARM TEMP APPROX 400 DEGS. WE INFORMED THE TWR OF THE SITUATION AND ASKED FOR THEM TO HAVE THE FIRE TRUCKS MEET US AND ASKED IF THEY SAW ANYTHING UNUSUAL ON OUR L ENG. THEY SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE AND WE WAITED FOR THE FIRE DEPT TO CHK THINGS OUT; WE RAN THE ENG TGT HIGH CHKLIST; AND THE FIRE DEPT SAID WE HAD NO SMOKE OR FLUID COMING OUT OF THE ENG ALTHOUGH THEIR SENSORS SHOWED HEAT THEY SAW NO SIGNS OF FIRE. WE CONTACTED OPS AND CONTINUED TO THE GATE WITH FIRE TRUCKS IN TOW AS A PRECAUTION. THE PAX DEPLANED AT THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. I BELIEVE THE ENG WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING AS WE WERE TOUCHING DOWN AND FUEL WAS CAUSING HIGH TEMPS IN THE ENG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE REPORTER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AS THE ACFT SHUDDERED AND BECAUSE OF THE LOW ALTITUDE HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO TROUBLESHOOT WHAT WAS OCCURRING. IN THE END THE HIGH TGT WAS DETECTED BEFORE THE LEVEL 2 ALERTS WERE AGAIN ACTIVE BELOW 80 KTS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.