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Cabin attendant reports orderly evacuate/evacuation of a super MD80 after landing caused by an engine fire which was extinguished by airport emergency fire and rescue personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372392 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | B737-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 372392 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Upon landing at dfw the cockpit informed the crew of a possible engine problem. During this time smoke/fire was reported coming from the right engine. The fire was extinguished immediately by dfw emergency crews. Passenger were deplaned using the forward entry door and a ramp stand. As a result of our light passenger load and the professionalism of the cockpit crew and cabin crew, this situation was handled swiftly and calmly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS ORDERLY EVAC OF A SUPER MD80 AFTER LNDG CAUSED BY AN ENG FIRE WHICH WAS EXTINGUISHED BY ARPT EMER FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL.
Narrative: UPON LNDG AT DFW THE COCKPIT INFORMED THE CREW OF A POSSIBLE ENG PROB. DURING THIS TIME SMOKE/FIRE WAS RPTED COMING FROM THE R ENG. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED IMMEDIATELY BY DFW EMER CREWS. PAX WERE DEPLANED USING THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR AND A RAMP STAND. AS A RESULT OF OUR LIGHT PAX LOAD AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE COCKPIT CREW AND CABIN CREW, THIS SIT WAS HANDLED SWIFTLY AND CALMLY.
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.