MD-83
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Total 15900
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; General Maintenance Action; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft
At the bottom of descent; as thrust levers were advanced for level off; the left engine was un-responsive. Shortly thereafter the left generator dropped off-line and the engine shut down. The Captain had me declare an Emergency with Approach and called for the QRH. The Engine Failure or In-Flight Shutdown procedure was accomplished to completion followed by the Single Engine Operation Checklist. The flight attendants were notified by the Captain while I called local Company Operations and verified with ATC that ARFF had been dispatched to our landing runway. Total time from identification of problem to landing was approximately 12 minutes. Once on the ground; the aircraft was stopped on the landing runway and ARFF inspected the failed engine and advised that no abnormal conditions existed. We exited the runway and proceeded to the gate. Once the passengers had deplaned; ARFF chief boarded the aircraft to discuss the event with the cockpit crew and was immediately followed by Company Maintenance. The morning following the event; I filed a report with the company briefly describing the event. While I believed that we had complied with all policies and procedures surrounding this event; I now realize that we should have advised Dispatch 'when conditions permit[ted]'.
An MD-83 flight crew; descending to their destination; suffered the failure of the left engine. They secured the engine; declared an emergency with ATC and landed uneventfully at their planned destination.