Narrative:

We experienced a normal takeoff and were on our SID climbing through 17;000 ft when we (capt. And I) both heard a very loud boom along with a slight roll to the left. We both looked at the engine gauges and saw that the number 1 (left) engine had experienced severe damage. The capt. Asked me to tell ATC that we had an emergency and we were stopping our climb at our current altitude. The capt. Then took over the radios; along with the airplane; and asked me to get the QRH and turn to the engine fire or severe damage checklist. Once we had started our turn and descent back to [departure airport]; we performed our immediate action which is throttle (effective engine) idle. We then read the checklist for engine fire/severe damage. In confusion; I started to read the wrong checklist; (I answered no fire or severe damage) however; shortly into the checklist; the capt. Instructed me to confirm the checklist and make sure that we were reading the correct checklist. We then realized that we were reading the wrong checklist. We then read the correct checklist from the beginning and properly secured the engine. I then communicated to ATC how many passengers and crew as well as how much fuel we had on board the airplane. The capt. Gave the flight attendants the brief. We were descending as we could for a visual approach. We strung and briefed the approach in the FMS. We then read the in-range and landing checklist from the QRH. The capt. Performed the approach and landing; we taxied off the runway to our return gate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B717 First Officer described losing an engine after takeoff in their B717. They shut down the engine; declared an emergency; and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: We experienced a normal takeoff and were on our SID climbing through 17;000 ft when we (Capt. and I) both heard a very loud boom along with a slight roll to the left. We both looked at the engine gauges and saw that the number 1 (Left) engine had experienced severe damage. The Capt. asked me to tell ATC that we had an emergency and we were stopping our climb at our current altitude. The Capt. then took over the radios; along with the airplane; and asked me to get the QRH and turn to the Engine Fire or Severe Damage Checklist. Once we had started our turn and descent back to [departure airport]; we performed our immediate action which is Throttle (effective engine) Idle. We then read the checklist for engine fire/severe damage. In confusion; I started to read the wrong checklist; (I answered No Fire or Severe Damage) however; shortly into the checklist; the Capt. instructed me to confirm the checklist and make sure that we were reading the correct checklist. We then realized that we were reading the wrong checklist. We then read the correct checklist from the beginning and properly secured the engine. I then communicated to ATC how many passengers and crew as well as how much fuel we had on board the airplane. The Capt. gave the flight attendants the brief. We were descending as we could for a visual approach. We strung and briefed the approach in the FMS. We then read the in-range and landing checklist from the QRH. The Capt. performed the approach and landing; we taxied off the runway to our return gate.

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.