Air carrier has compressor stall on one engine at start of descent. Engine shut down.

Attributes
ACN	224172
Time
Date	199210
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pbi
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma tower : oak
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 10800 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	224172
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

As descent from FL370 begun, the right engine compressor stalled and the egt began to rise. The engine failure checklist was used to shut down engine. A 3 degree glide was performed to pbi. Landing was uneventful. Passengers were deplaned at the gate at the terminal. Initially, it was difficult to determine which engine was winding down due autothrottles were reducing both to close for descent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR HAS COMPRESSOR STALL ON ONE ENG AT START OF DSCNT. ENG SHUT DOWN.

Narrative: AS DSCNT FROM FL370 BEGUN, THE R ENG COMPRESSOR STALLED AND THE EGT BEGAN TO RISE. THE ENG FAILURE CHKLIST WAS USED TO SHUT DOWN ENG. A 3 DEG GLIDE WAS PERFORMED TO PBI. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. PAXS WERE DEPLANED AT THE GATE AT THE TERMINAL. INITIALLY, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHICH ENG WAS WINDING DOWN DUE AUTOTHROTTLES WERE REDUCING BOTH TO CLOSE FOR DSCNT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.