Aircraft fuel equipment problem creates an engine tail pipe fire at the ramp in a night operation.

Attributes
ACN	317819
Time
Date	199509
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mem
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	317819
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon shutdown of aircraft, I was notified by ground personnel that smoke was emerging from our center engine. We motored it to clear any residual fuel, flames shot out from the front and rear of #2 engine nacelle. I fired the internal fire extinguisher and flames stopped, smoke stopped. Fire fighters inspected the engine for any further fire and left the scene. Maintenance is investigating to find the source of the problem. Probable cause could be failure of the primary engine driven boost pump, causing the engine to flame out during after landing checklist. The start lever was not moved to off position for another 1-2 mins, allowing fuel to still enter the engine, causing the smoke. Motoring ignited the fuel. The fire extinguisher aided the motoring in clearing out the fuel supported fire. Air carrier is actively pursuing maintenance questions of what would cause this to occur.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT FUEL EQUIP PROB CREATES AN ENG TAIL PIPE FIRE AT THE RAMP IN A NIGHT OP.

Narrative: UPON SHUTDOWN OF ACFT, I WAS NOTIFIED BY GND PERSONNEL THAT SMOKE WAS EMERGING FROM OUR CTR ENG. WE MOTORED IT TO CLR ANY RESIDUAL FUEL, FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM THE FRONT AND REAR OF #2 ENG NACELLE. I FIRED THE INTERNAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND FLAMES STOPPED, SMOKE STOPPED. FIRE FIGHTERS INSPECTED THE ENG FOR ANY FURTHER FIRE AND LEFT THE SCENE. MAINT IS INVESTIGATING TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROB. PROBABLE CAUSE COULD BE FAILURE OF THE PRIMARY ENG DRIVEN BOOST PUMP, CAUSING THE ENG TO FLAME OUT DURING AFTER LNDG CHKLIST. THE START LEVER WAS NOT MOVED TO OFF POS FOR ANOTHER 1-2 MINS, ALLOWING FUEL TO STILL ENTER THE ENG, CAUSING THE SMOKE. MOTORING IGNITED THE FUEL. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AIDED THE MOTORING IN CLRING OUT THE FUEL SUPPORTED FIRE. ACR IS ACTIVELY PURSUING MAINT QUESTIONS OF WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO OCCUR.

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.