A B757-200 flight crew experienced an engine failure in cruise. They shut down the engine; declared ...

Narrative:

Enroute while flying at FL360 under VFR conditions and smooth air; approximately 40 to 60 NM from ZZZ; we felt the airplane rattle like if we had experienced some sort of sudden turbulence; followed thereafter by the warning bell and a yaw to the right. I immediately looked towards the engine flight instruments and noticed the right engine spooling down and what seemed like the right oil pressure in red in addition to receiving several EICAS msgs indicating multiple rt engine malfunctions led us to believe we had severe engine damage. The first officer and I decided to address simultaneously the driftdown qrc checklist and the engine fire/severe damage/separation due to the fact we thought we had a severe engine damage. Later analyzing the EICAS msgs we noticed the rt engine stator message and completed that checklist. While the first officer was reading the checklists I notified dispatch of our condition and requested assistance upon arrival in ZZZ. I notified the flight attendants; told them about our situation and had them do a cabin advisory. Made a quick PA announcement and had passengers follow flight attendants instructions. As soon as we lost the right engine; we called ATC; declared an emergency and requested to divert to ZZZ; as it was our closest field at point in time. Field conditions at the time were VFR with light winds from the northeast which favored runway xxl; the longest runway at the field and most suitable for us given our conditions. When time and workload permitted I looked back at the engine instruments and noticed what seemed to be normal parameters at which point I asked the first officer if we could start the engine. He ran the checklist; but could not get a restart and the reason being was that we had ran the engine fire/severe damage/separation checklist and thus we had pulled the right eng fire handle which prevented us from starting the engine. We continued our approach into ZZZ. Our weight at touchdown was approximately 202;000 pounds; which obviously was over our max landing weight. The landing and touchdown were smooth and uneventful. Per tower instructions we taxied to a remote area in the airport where the fire department performed an inspection on the aircraft and engine and deemed everything was ok to continue to the terminal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 flight crew experienced an engine failure in cruise. They shut down the engine; declared an emergency; coordinated with Dispatch; and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: Enroute while flying at FL360 under VFR conditions and smooth air; approximately 40 to 60 NM from ZZZ; we felt the airplane rattle like if we had experienced some sort of sudden turbulence; followed thereafter by the warning bell and a yaw to the right. I immediately looked towards the engine flight instruments and noticed the right engine spooling down and what seemed like the right oil pressure in RED in addition to receiving several EICAS MSGS indicating multiple RT ENG malfunctions led us to believe we had severe engine damage. The First Officer and I decided to address simultaneously the driftdown QRC checklist and the ENG FIRE/SEVERE DAMAGE/SEPARATION due to the fact we thought we had a severe engine damage. Later analyzing the EICAS MSGS we noticed the RT ENG STATOR MSG and completed that checklist. While the First Officer was reading the checklists I notified Dispatch of our condition and requested assistance upon arrival in ZZZ. I notified the flight attendants; told them about our situation and had them do a cabin advisory. Made a quick PA announcement and had passengers follow flight attendants instructions. As soon as we lost the right engine; we called ATC; declared an emergency and requested to divert to ZZZ; as it was our closest field at point in time. Field conditions at the time were VFR with light winds from the northeast which favored Runway XXL; the longest runway at the field and most suitable for us given our conditions. When time and workload permitted I looked back at the engine instruments and noticed what seemed to be normal parameters at which point I asked the First Officer if we could start the engine. He ran the checklist; but could not get a restart and the reason being was that we had ran the ENG FIRE/SEVERE DAMAGE/SEPARATION checklist and thus we had pulled the Right Eng fire handle which prevented us from starting the engine. We continued our approach into ZZZ. Our weight at touchdown was approximately 202;000 pounds; which obviously was over our max landing weight. The landing and touchdown were smooth and uneventful. Per Tower instructions we taxied to a remote area in the airport where the Fire Department performed an inspection on the aircraft and engine and deemed everything was ok to continue to the terminal.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	842627
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 196 Flight Crew Total 13800 Flight Crew Type 9350
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 3300
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A B757-200 flight crew experienced an engine failure in cruise. They shut down the engine; declared an emergency; coordinated with dispatch; and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.