An air carrier large transport twin had to divert land when its right engine flamed out for no apparent reason. Diversion to alternate. Aircraft equipment problem engine flameout vibration.

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Attributes
ACN	348598
Time
Date	199609
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : yeg
State Reference	AB
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : czeg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	348598
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	348597
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Engine flameout (right) while climbing to FL370. No warnings or indications of problems prior to flameout. Performed necessary checklist procedures and declared an emergency with yeg center. Proceeded to yeg with uneventful landing at yeg runway 12. Only a slight vibration was noted at time of flameout with no indication of any problems stored on aircraft onboard computers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LGT TWIN HAD TO DIVERT LAND WHEN ITS R ENG FLAMED OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE. ACFT EQUIP PROB ENG FLAMEOUT VIBRATION.

Narrative: ENG FLAMEOUT (R) WHILE CLBING TO FL370. NO WARNINGS OR INDICATIONS OF PROBS PRIOR TO FLAMEOUT. PERFORMED NECESSARY CHKLIST PROCS AND DECLARED AN EMER WITH YEG CTR. PROCEEDED TO YEG WITH UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT YEG RWY 12. ONLY A SLIGHT VIBRATION WAS NOTED AT TIME OF FLAMEOUT WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBS STORED ON ACFT ONBOARD COMPUTERS.

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.