An air carrier medium large transport landed en route after an unexplained engine failure.

Attributes
ACN	259372
Time
Date	199312
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cle
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob tracon : day
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	259372
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	258758
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Climbing through 35000 ft engine #2 failed without warning or prior indication of any malfunction. Declared emergency and descended to FL280. Diverted to nearest suitable airport which was cle. Attempted 2 restarts before securing engine. Performed single engine landing check along with normal checklist and landed without incident. Supplemental information from acn 258758: parameters checked, no obvious reason for engine failure. Declared emergency. Attempted relight unsuccessfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG LANDED ENRTE AFTER AN UNEXPLAINED ENG FAILURE.

Narrative: CLBING THROUGH 35000 FT ENG #2 FAILED WITHOUT WARNING OR PRIOR INDICATION OF ANY MALFUNCTION. DECLARED EMER AND DSNDED TO FL280. DIVERTED TO NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT WHICH WAS CLE. ATTEMPTED 2 RESTARTS BEFORE SECURING ENG. PERFORMED SINGLE ENG LNDG CHK ALONG WITH NORMAL CHKLIST AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM ACN 258758: PARAMETERS CHKED, NO OBVIOUS REASON FOR ENG FAILURE. DECLARED EMER. ATTEMPTED RELIGHT UNSUCCESSFULLY.

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.