<< >> NASA ASRS Report 879143, March 2010

An EA50 pilot reported an engine malfunction while in cruise at FL410. The engine was shutdown; an emergency declared and the flight diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

Attributes
ACN	879143
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Eclipse 500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 6500 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While at cruise altitude the right hand engine made a popping sound followed by abnormal engine gauge indications; which led to an in-flight shutdown. With the interest of safety as my first priority; an emergency was declared; a descent was immediately initiated; and the flight diverted to the first suitable airport. Weather conditions; runway length; ground equipment; crash fire rescue equipment's; etc.; were all taken into consideration in the decision making. The aircraft was landed safely with no further abnormalities to report.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EA50 pilot reported an engine malfunction while in cruise at FL410. The engine was shutdown; an emergency declared and the flight diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: While at cruise altitude the right hand engine made a popping sound followed by abnormal engine gauge indications; which led to an in-flight shutdown. With the interest of safety as my first priority; an emergency was declared; a descent was immediately initiated; and the flight diverted to the first suitable airport. Weather conditions; runway length; ground equipment; CFR's; etc.; were all taken into consideration in the decision making. The aircraft was landed safely with no further abnormalities to report.

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.