An md-83 flight crew; descending to their destination; suffered the failure of the left engine. They...

Narrative:

At the bottom of descent; as thrust levers were advanced for level off; the left engine was un-responsive. Shortly thereafter the left generator dropped off-line and the engine shut down. The captain had me declare an emergency with approach and called for the QRH. The engine failure or in-flight shutdown procedure was accomplished to completion followed by the single engine operation checklist. The flight attendants were notified by the captain while I called local company operations and verified with ATC that arff had been dispatched to our landing runway. Total time from identification of problem to landing was approximately 12 minutes. Once on the ground; the aircraft was stopped on the landing runway and arff inspected the failed engine and advised that no abnormal conditions existed. We exited the runway and proceeded to the gate. Once the passengers had deplaned; arff chief boarded the aircraft to discuss the event with the cockpit crew and was immediately followed by company maintenance. The morning following the event; I filed a report with the company briefly describing the event. While I believed that we had complied with all policies and procedures surrounding this event; I now realize that we should have advised dispatch 'when conditions permit[ted]'.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-83 flight crew; descending to their destination; suffered the failure of the left engine. They secured the engine; declared an emergency with ATC and landed uneventfully at their planned destination.

Narrative: At the bottom of descent; as thrust levers were advanced for level off; the left engine was un-responsive. Shortly thereafter the left generator dropped off-line and the engine shut down. The Captain had me declare an Emergency with Approach and called for the QRH. The Engine Failure or In-Flight Shutdown procedure was accomplished to completion followed by the Single Engine Operation Checklist. The flight attendants were notified by the Captain while I called local Company Operations and verified with ATC that ARFF had been dispatched to our landing runway. Total time from identification of problem to landing was approximately 12 minutes. Once on the ground; the aircraft was stopped on the landing runway and ARFF inspected the failed engine and advised that no abnormal conditions existed. We exited the runway and proceeded to the gate. Once the passengers had deplaned; ARFF chief boarded the aircraft to discuss the event with the cockpit crew and was immediately followed by Company Maintenance. The morning following the event; I filed a report with the company briefly describing the event. While I believed that we had complied with all policies and procedures surrounding this event; I now realize that we should have advised Dispatch 'when conditions permit[ted]'.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1145999
Time
Date	201401
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-83
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 15900
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An md-83 flight crew; descending to their destination; suffered the failure of the left engine. They secured the engine; declared an emergency with ATC and landed uneventfully at their planned destination.