A B777-200 on taxi in and before arrival at the gate had the right engine spool down and fail.

Attributes
ACN	629734
Time
Date	200409
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	629734
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : right engine indications other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Right engine failed just prior to gate arrival. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the engine was a rolls royce trent and on taxi into the gate when the right engine spooled down then failed. The reporter said no report was submitted to the crew by maintenance but second hand information was the fuel control was the problem. The reporter stated the information may be inaccurate as to the exact component.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B777-200 ON TAXI IN AND BEFORE ARR AT THE GATE HAD THE R ENG SPOOL DOWN AND FAIL.

Narrative: R ENG FAILED JUST PRIOR TO GATE ARR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ENG WAS A ROLLS ROYCE TRENT AND ON TAXI INTO THE GATE WHEN THE R ENG SPOOLED DOWN THEN FAILED. THE RPTR SAID NO RPT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CREW BY MAINT BUT SECOND HAND INFO WAS THE FUEL CTL WAS THE PROB. THE RPTR STATED THE INFO MAY BE INACCURATE AS TO THE EXACT COMPONENT.

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.