MD80 flight crew experience engine failure on climb out. Secure engine; declare emergency and land s...

Attributes
ACN	658549
Time
Date	200505
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hou.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 27000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	658549
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine gauges other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Left engine failure during climb out of hou. Declared emergency; ran checklist; single engine landing into iah. Landed overweight into iah.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 FLT CREW EXPERIENCE ENG FAILURE ON CLBOUT. SECURE ENG; DECLARE EMER AND LAND SAFELY.

Narrative: L ENG FAILURE DURING CLBOUT OF HOU. DECLARED EMER; RAN CHKLIST; SINGLE ENG LNDG INTO IAH. LANDED OVERWT INTO IAH.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.

MD80 flight crew experience engine failure on climb out. Secure engine; declare emergency and land safely.