Narrative:

Climbing through 13500 ft while hand flying the airplane we had a right engine failure. I applied left rudder and leveled at 14000 ft applied rudder trim and turned on the autoplt while the captain and relief first officer ran qrc items and checklist to secure the engine. We initiated a turn back after communicating with departure. I continued to fly the airplane while the captain and relief first officer coordination with ATC; flight attendants and dispatch in turn passing on information regarding our condition. After emergency checklists were complete we discussed the return approach plan in accordance with our departure briefing and elected to return without dumping gas after checking landing distance. We then confirmed all irregular and normal checklists were complete and finalized plans for approach. Landing was made without incident and taxi back to gate accomplished. Supplemental information from acn 705089: right engine catastrophic failure. First officer was flying and continued to fly aircraft through landing. Elected to return. Checked landing performance data and elected to land overweight versus dump fuel. Requested emergency vehicles. Completed all checklists; landed; and taxied to gate without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 FLT CREW HAS ENG FAILURE DURING CLB; DECLARES EMER AND DIVERTS FOR LNDG.

Narrative: CLBING THROUGH 13500 FT WHILE HAND FLYING THE AIRPLANE WE HAD A R ENG FAILURE. I APPLIED L RUDDER AND LEVELED AT 14000 FT APPLIED RUDDER TRIM AND TURNED ON THE AUTOPLT WHILE THE CAPT AND RELIEF FO RAN QRC ITEMS AND CHKLIST TO SECURE THE ENG. WE INITIATED A TURN BACK AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH DEP. I CONTINUED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE WHILE THE CAPT AND RELIEF FO COORD WITH ATC; FLT ATTENDANTS AND DISPATCH IN TURN PASSING ON INFO REGARDING OUR CONDITION. AFTER EMER CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETE WE DISCUSSED THE RETURN APCH PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR DEP BRIEFING AND ELECTED TO RETURN WITHOUT DUMPING GAS AFTER CHKING LNDG DISTANCE. WE THEN CONFIRMED ALL IRREGULAR AND NORMAL CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETE AND FINALIZED PLANS FOR APCH. LNDG WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXI BACK TO GATE ACCOMPLISHED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 705089: R ENG CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. FO WAS FLYING AND CONTINUED TO FLY ACFT THROUGH LNDG. ELECTED TO RETURN. CHKED LNDG PERFORMANCE DATA AND ELECTED TO LAND OVERWT VERSUS DUMP FUEL. REQUESTED EMER VEHICLES. COMPLETED ALL CHKLISTS; LANDED; AND TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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.