EMB120 ENG FAILURE ENRTE FROM DFW.

Narrative

DFW-HOU. ON MAY/XA/99; XX WAS THE CAPT AND PIC OF THAT FLT. I SERVED AS THE FO. WE FLEW SHIP NUMBER XX; AN EMB120. I WAS THE PF; THOUGH THE CAPT LANDED THE PLANE. PRIOR TO LNDG; WX WAS RPTED OVER HOU THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO HOLD FOR OVER 30 MINS. SUBSEQUENTLY; ATC RPTED THAT DUE TO THE WX IT WOULD BE FOR OVER 30 MINS. SUBSEQUENTLY; ATC RPTED THAT DUE TO THE WX IT WOULD BE SOME TIME BEFORE WE COULD LAND. THE SHIP DID NOT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FUEL. AFTER CONTACTING DISPATCH; THE CAPT ADVISED THAT WE WERE DIVERTING TO IAH. DURING FINAL APCH; WHILE THE CAPT WAS PERFORMING THE LNDG CHKLIST; I BROUGHT LEVERS BACK TO ADJUST THE PWR. ABOUT THIS TIME; I FELT THE PLANE YAW TO THE R; AND NOTICED THAT THE R SIDE OF THE PLANE SOUNDED LESS NOISY THAN BEFORE. I SAW THE PROP SPD INDICATOR READ SOMEWHERE BTWN 40-49%. THE FIRE WARNING SYS DID NOT INDICATE A FIRE. THE CAPT TOOK THE CTLS FROM ME. WE PERFORMED THE ENG FAILURE/FIRE INFLT CHKLIST. WE SHUT DOWN THE R ENG. FOLLOWING THE CAPT'S INSTRUCTIONS; I CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMER. UPON LNDG; THE SHIP WAS MET BY EMER PERSONNEL. THE CAPT ASKED EMER PERSONNEL TO EXAMINE THE R ENG. THEY RPTED TO THE CAPT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ABNORMAL. THE CAPT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PAX. THE PLANE WAS SHUT DOWN AND TUGGED TO THE GATE.