Flight crew of medium large transport air carrier aircraft aborted takeoff due an engine fire resulting in an emergency evacuate/evacuation of all passenger. There were minor injuries of some passenger.

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Attributes
ACN	252718
Time
Date	199309
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : san
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 5300 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	252718
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 215 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 215
ASRS Report	252844
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	faa : investigated other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Shortly after starting the takeoff roll, on runway 27 in san diego, the left engine caught fire and the abort was initiated at approximately 30 KTS with an evacuate/evacuation to follow. The crew recognized the problem by the aircraft veering to the left side of runway, a red low oil pressure light, and either a waiting departing air carrier or ATC tower reporting over the tower frequency that flames (fire) were coming from left engine. With our aircraft on runway and another on 1 1/2 mi final approach, and several voices on the tower frequency, the controller was very busy. Therefore, it was hard for me to determine if the controller got my transmission regarding the evacuate/evacuation and need for fire equipment. The evacuate/evacuation went smoothly and quickly which can only be attributed to the flight attendant's training and that there was a flight attendant at every door to deploy emergency slides. Supplemental information from acn 252844: evacuate/evacuationed the airplane with few minor passenger injuries.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF MLG ACR ACFT ABORTED TKOF DUE AN ENG FIRE RESULTING IN AN EMER EVAC OF ALL PAX. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES OF SOME PAX.

Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE TKOF ROLL, ON RWY 27 IN SAN DIEGO, THE L ENG CAUGHT FIRE AND THE ABORT WAS INITIATED AT APPROX 30 KTS WITH AN EVAC TO FOLLOW. THE CREW RECOGNIZED THE PROB BY THE ACFT VEERING TO THE L SIDE OF RWY, A RED LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT, AND EITHER A WAITING DEPARTING ACR OR ATC TWR RPTING OVER THE TWR FREQ THAT FLAMES (FIRE) WERE COMING FROM L ENG. WITH OUR ACFT ON RWY AND ANOTHER ON 1 1/2 MI FINAL APCH, AND SEVERAL VOICES ON THE TWR FREQ, THE CTLR WAS VERY BUSY. THEREFORE, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO DETERMINE IF THE CTLR GOT MY XMISSION REGARDING THE EVAC AND NEED FOR FIRE EQUIP. THE EVAC WENT SMOOTHLY AND QUICKLY WHICH CAN ONLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLT ATTENDANT'S TRAINING AND THAT THERE WAS A FLT ATTENDANT AT EVERY DOOR TO DEPLOY EMER SLIDES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 252844: EVACED THE AIRPLANE WITH FEW MINOR PAX INJURIES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.