Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Other / Unknown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Human Factors; Aircraft
During a normal takeoff; the right engine spooled back to idle at 1000 FT and became uncontrollable.  I called the Tower and informed them of our situation and declared an Emergency.  We then completed the Memory Items for a flame out and then ran the Emergency QRH checklist. We determined that we saw no reason for the idle engine.  All engine parameters indicated normal flight idle but the lack of controllability was indicative of  some kind of engine damage.  We elected to shut the engine down.  After completing all appropriate checklists to secure the engine; we contacted the company and notified the flight attendants of our situation.  We then landed the plane single engine taxied to the gate and the fire rescue determined the aircraft safe.
MD82 Captain experiences an engine malfunction shortly after takeoff; with thrust reducing to idle uncommanded. An emergency is declared and the engine is shut down before returning to the departure airport.