 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
While awaiting takeoff clearance the flight crew was advised that flames appeared to be coming from one of the aircraft's engines. As the flight crew accomplished the appropriate emergency checklists; the tower initiated an emergency vehicle response. After the fire was confirmed to be extinguished the aircraft returned to the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1280864 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
We pushed back and taxied out normally to the runway. When we were about five minutes from departure we started the #1 engine. It started normally. As we took the runway to line up and wait; an aircraft behind us reported over the radio that there were flames coming out of the left engine. About 15 seconds later they said it was getting worse and the tower could now see it so we shut down the left engine and cleared the runway. Preliminary reports were that the fire went out when engine was shut down. The tower controller took it upon himself to roll the trucks before I could even think about...which is a good thing. We ran our checklists and briefed the cabin crew and passengers. The crash fire rescue equipment personnel showed up to do a visual inspection. They did a visual inspection on foot and reported absolutely no fire. So we finished up checklists and briefing passengers and crew and returned to the gate. Crash fire rescue equipment followed us to gate as a safety precaution. Anomaly was written up and we went to the hotel.never during this event did the engine indications show anything other than completely normal stable operation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: While awaiting takeoff clearance the flight crew was advised that flames appeared to be coming from one of the aircraft's engines. As the flight crew accomplished the appropriate emergency checklists; the Tower initiated an emergency vehicle response. After the fire was confirmed to be extinguished the aircraft returned to the gate.
Narrative: We pushed back and taxied out normally to the runway. When we were about five minutes from departure we started the #1 engine. It started normally. As we took the runway to line up and wait; an aircraft behind us reported over the radio that there were flames coming out of the left engine. About 15 seconds later they said it was getting worse and the tower could now see it so we shut down the left engine and cleared the runway. Preliminary reports were that the fire went out when engine was shut down. The tower controller took it upon himself to roll the trucks before I could even think about...which is a good thing. We ran our checklists and briefed the cabin crew and passengers. The CFR personnel showed up to do a visual inspection. They did a visual inspection on foot and reported absolutely no fire. So we finished up checklists and briefing passengers and crew and returned to the gate. CFR followed us to gate as a safety precaution. Anomaly was written up and we went to the hotel.Never during this event did the engine indications show anything other than completely normal stable operation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.