Narrative:

Climbing out of sju to destination, ord, first officer was PF, experienced loud thumping, some vibration followed by strong yaw to left. Engine indications showed left engine at or below idle thrust with rising cautionary (yellow) egt. An engine shutdown was accomplished using fom procedure. Captain assumed control of aircraft and initiated return to sju. Flight attendants assisted in cabin preparation and soothing alarmed passenger. First officer alerted all necessary parties and accomplished all necessary checklists including compressor stall, engine shutdown, single engine approach and landing, overweight landing, engine relight, approach and final descent lists. Single engine driftdown was used and right engine was used only on final approach segment. Aircraft performed beautifully and single engine approach and landing was accomplished without incident. The experience level of all crew members involved was very high and repetitious training procedures from many yrs of training paid off.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG FAILURE DURING CLB. ALL CHKLISTS COMPLETED AND ACFT RETURNED TO DEP ARPT FOR UNEVENTFUL LNDG.

Narrative: CLBING OUT OF SJU TO DEST, ORD, FO WAS PF, EXPERIENCED LOUD THUMPING, SOME VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY STRONG YAW TO L. ENG INDICATIONS SHOWED L ENG AT OR BELOW IDLE THRUST WITH RISING CAUTIONARY (YELLOW) EGT. AN ENG SHUTDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING FOM PROC. CAPT ASSUMED CTL OF ACFT AND INITIATED RETURN TO SJU. FLT ATTENDANTS ASSISTED IN CABIN PREPARATION AND SOOTHING ALARMED PAX. FO ALERTED ALL NECESSARY PARTIES AND ACCOMPLISHED ALL NECESSARY CHKLISTS INCLUDING COMPRESSOR STALL, ENG SHUTDOWN, SINGLE ENG APCH AND LNDG, OVERWT LNDG, ENG RELIGHT, APCH AND FINAL DSCNT LISTS. SINGLE ENG DRIFTDOWN WAS USED AND R ENG WAS USED ONLY ON FINAL APCH SEGMENT. ACFT PERFORMED BEAUTIFULLY AND SINGLE ENG APCH AND LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF ALL CREW MEMBERS INVOLVED WAS VERY HIGH AND REPETITIOUS TRAINING PROCS FROM MANY YRS OF TRAINING PAID OFF.

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.