DC9 flight crew has engine failure during descent, diverts to kdtw.

Attributes
ACN	569437
Time
Date	200212
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw.airport
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl single value : 17000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob.artcc tower : isp.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	569437
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng egt indication other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

At 17000 ft, the left engine appeared to compressor stall after throttles were retarded to start our descent. The egt pegged at approximately 800 degrees C and some vibration was noted. Engine failure checklist was run. Engine was shut down, and we returned to dtw. Left engine suffered a catastrophic failure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC9 FLC HAS ENG FAILURE DURING DSCNT, DIVERTS TO KDTW.

Narrative: AT 17000 FT, THE L ENG APPEARED TO COMPRESSOR STALL AFTER THROTTLES WERE RETARDED TO START OUR DSCNT. THE EGT PEGGED AT APPROX 800 DEGS C AND SOME VIBRATION WAS NOTED. ENG FAILURE CHKLIST WAS RUN. ENG WAS SHUT DOWN, AND WE RETURNED TO DTW. L ENG SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.

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.