A B737-400 flight crew aborted their left engine start when its egt warning light began flashing and...

Attributes
ACN	1039779
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

We had pushed back to the deicing pad; deiced and started the right engine without issue. The captain was starting the left engine when the egt indicator started to flash although all other engine indications appeared normal. The de-ice crew called us on radio. I initially told him to standby; then told him to go ahead. He informed us that we had flames coming out of the left engine; whereupon the captain shut down number one engine. We estimate the egt rose to 830C.afterwards we noted three previous write-ups for aborted engine starts on the number one engine similar to ours in the recent history on the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-400 flight crew aborted their left engine start when its EGT warning light began flashing and the ground crew advised flame was coming out of the engine. This was the fourth similar event in the logbooks recent history.

Narrative: We had pushed back to the deicing pad; deiced and started the right engine without issue. The Captain was starting the left engine when the EGT indicator started to flash although all other engine indications appeared normal. The de-ice crew called us on radio. I initially told him to standby; then told him to go ahead. He informed us that we had flames coming out of the left engine; whereupon the Captain shut down Number One Engine. We estimate the EGT rose to 830C.Afterwards we noted three previous write-ups for aborted engine starts on the Number One Engine similar to ours in the recent history on the aircraft.

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.

A B737-400 flight crew aborted their left engine start when its egt warning light began flashing and the ground crew advised flame was coming out of the engine. This was the fourth similar event in the logbooks recent history.