MD11 first officer reports an early starter disengagement during pushback with the fuel lever placed...

Attributes
ACN	1025922
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

During pushback and start of number one engine the starter disengaged at or around 38%. Fuel lever placed off. Captain called for abnormal engine start checklist. The ground mechanic said on ics flames; fire on one; flames. I saw smoke out the left side of the aircraft drifting forward. Wind was from the south. Captain pulled the engine shudown handle and discharged the bottle. Captain had me call for fire/rescue on ramp tower and ground frequency. The smoke continued. Captain discharged second bottle. Emergency evacuation checklist was reviewed but not executed due the fire was determined out by fire/rescue. Captain elected to tow back into gate with concurrence of ramp/tower. Debrief conducted with ground crew telling us what they saw. A logbook entry was filled out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 First Officer reports an early starter disengagement during pushback with the fuel lever placed to off. Fire is reported by a ground observer and the Captain pulls the the fire handle and discharges both fire bottles.

Narrative: During pushback and start of number one engine the starter disengaged at or around 38%. Fuel lever placed off. Captain called for abnormal engine start checklist. The ground Mechanic said on ICS flames; fire on one; flames. I saw smoke out the left side of the aircraft drifting forward. Wind was from the south. Captain pulled the engine shudown handle and discharged the bottle. Captain had me call for Fire/Rescue on Ramp Tower and Ground frequency. The smoke continued. Captain discharged second bottle. Emergency evacuation checklist was reviewed but not executed due the fire was determined out by fire/rescue. Captain elected to tow back into gate with concurrence of Ramp/Tower. Debrief conducted with ground crew telling us what they saw. A logbook entry was filled out.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

MD11 first officer reports an early starter disengagement during pushback with the fuel lever placed to off. Fire is reported by a ground observer and the captain pulls the the fire handle and discharges both fire bottles.