Alerted by a loud bang and an engine degraded EICAS message the flight crew of a crj-700 shut down t...

Narrative:

While in straight and level cruise at FL400 both pilots and the number two flight attendant heard a bang followed by a rumble. Both pilots scanned the instruments and noted the right engine N1 and N2 decreasing and fluctuating and the itt increasing accompanied by an engine degraded (right) EICAS message. We retarded the right thrust lever to idle and monitored the instruments but after noting that the itt was still increasing the right thrust lever was moved to shut-off and the engine shutdown procedure was applied. We declared an emergency with ATC and requested a descent.since the flight manual directs us to land at the nearest suitable airport under these circumstances and we were still 256 NM from our destination we elected to divert to an airport which was only 131 NM away. We notified the flight attendants and passengers of our situation. We executed an uneventful single engine ILS to runway 23R and were met by crash fire rescue equipment. After the fire department took a look at our right engine they terminated the emergency and we taxied the aircraft to the terminal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Alerted by a loud bang and an ENG DEGRADED EICAS message the flight crew of a CRJ-700 shut down the right engine; declared and emergency and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: While in straight and level cruise at FL400 both pilots and the Number Two Flight Attendant heard a bang followed by a rumble. Both pilots scanned the instruments and noted the right engine N1 and N2 decreasing and fluctuating and the ITT increasing accompanied by an ENG DEGRADED (R) EICAS message. We retarded the right thrust lever to idle and monitored the instruments but after noting that the ITT was still increasing the right thrust lever was moved to shut-off and the engine shutdown procedure was applied. We declared an emergency with ATC and requested a descent.Since the Flight Manual directs us to land at the nearest suitable airport under these circumstances and we were still 256 NM from our destination we elected to divert to an airport which was only 131 NM away. We notified the Flight Attendants and passengers of our situation. We executed an uneventful single engine ILS to Runway 23R and were met by CFR. After the Fire Department took a look at our right engine they terminated the emergency and we taxied the aircraft 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	985159
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Alerted by a loud bang and an engine degraded EICAS message the flight crew of a crj-700 shut down the right engine; declared and emergency and diverted to the nearest suitable airport.