Md-11 flight crew reported number 2 engine flamed out at initial taxi and smoke was reported coming ...

Narrative:

Just as we started to taxi (with three engines running) the #2 engine flamed out. Since this was a repeat write-up; I had the first officer (first officer) asked the ramp tower if they saw any fire or smoke (as in a previous write-up). Ramp tower said they saw smoke coming from the engine; so I immediately shut down the engine with the fuel lever and fired one fire bottle. The tower then said the smoke was dissipating; so did not fire the second bottle. I called for the fire crews to check out the engine and all appeared ok to them. We were towed back to the gate.[the cause was] an unknown engine or system malfunction.no suggestions other than possibly more preventive maintenance and taking the previous fire report very seriously. It appeared from the previous write-up when fire and smoke was evident that maintenance did not really find the cause of the problem; but serviced the fire bottles and released the airplane for service. But I do not know the full maintenance history.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-11 flight crew reported Number 2 engine flamed out at initial taxi and smoke was reported coming from the engine; so the fire bottle was discharged and the flight returned to the gate.

Narrative: Just as we started to taxi (with three engines running) the #2 engine flamed out. Since this was a repeat write-up; I had the First Officer (FO) asked the ramp tower if they saw any fire or smoke (as in a previous write-up). Ramp Tower said they saw smoke coming from the engine; so I immediately shut down the engine with the fuel lever and fired one fire bottle. The tower then said the smoke was dissipating; so did not fire the second bottle. I called for the fire crews to check out the engine and all appeared OK to them. We were towed back to the gate.[The cause was] an unknown engine or system malfunction.No suggestions other than possibly more preventive maintenance and taking the previous fire report very seriously. It appeared from the previous write-up when fire and smoke was evident that maintenance did not really find the cause of the problem; but serviced the fire bottles and released the airplane for service. But I do not know the full maintenance history.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1338331
Time
Date	201603
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Md-11 flight crew reported number 2 engine flamed out at initial taxi and smoke was reported coming from the engine; so the fire bottle was discharged and the flight returned to the gate.