Narrative:

On the date of jan/xx/98, I was working for air carrier X as a first officer on an ATR42-320. On this date, I was assigned to fly a route from newark, nj, to hartford, ct, flight YYY. The flight crew consisted of captain xyz, flight attendant ZZZ and myself. The aircraft that we were assigned to fly on this evening was abc. The flight departed from newark, nj, at XA00 hours and continued into the hartford terminal area, without incident or indication of trouble, along the filed flight route. I was the PF on this leg, and captain was operating the communications. As we continued towards the runway, the approach was uneventful and performed according to company procedures. As I requested that the condition levers be brought forward to allow maximum RPM on the propellers, captain xyz made a comment regarding the RPM for the 2 propellers not matching, and that the left propeller appeared to have a lower RPM. I continued to descend towards the runway and eventually crossed the runway threshold. I landed the aircraft on runway 33. After the nosewheel of the aircraft touched the runway, I brought the power levers into the reverse mode in an attempt to slow the aircraft. As soon as I brought the power levers back into reverse, I heard a loud exploding sound, then saw a bright orange glow reflecting on the snow off of the right side of runway 33. The orange glow quickly grew brighter as the aircraft slowed, and I heard several loud bang noises coming from engine #2. I then looked out the window, back towards the #2 engine (right side) and saw flames coming from the engine nacelle. At the same time, the bradley tower controller advised us that our #2 engine was on fire. We were receiving no panel indications of an engine fire. Captain xyz applied the brakes on the aircraft and brought it to a stop on runway 33, then set the parking brake. The engine fire warnings for engine #2 alerted us at this moment that engine #2 was in fact on fire. Captain xyz advised the tower controller that we would be evacing the aircraft. At this time I had brought the propeller condition levers to the fuel shut off position and captain xyz brought the power levers to ground idle. I then reached up and pulled the fire handle for engine #2 as captain xyz pulled the fire handle to engine #1. I attempted to extinguish the engine fire by discharging squib B. I saw that the fire was still burning so I then discharged squib a. After the 2 fire extinguishers were discharged, the fire continued to burn and grew in intensity. I then unbuckled my safety belt and shoulder harness and exited the cockpit, towards the passenger cabin, to assist with evacuate/evacuation. Captain xyz remained in the cockpit and secured it prior to exiting. As I entered the cabin area, the flight attendant was giving commands to the passenger to evacuate/evacuation the aircraft from the left side. I noticed that there was a passenger who had opened the left side emergency exit and was assisting in helping people evacuate/evacuation through. I then exited via the left side emergency exit, then assisted, from the ground, in getting people out of the aircraft from that exit. At this time I noticed that the #2 engine was on fire and there was fuel pouring out of the engine nacelle, onto the ground. There was a large pool of fuel on the ground under the aircraft that had ignited and was burning. Approximately 1 min after I exited the aircraft, the last passenger exited and ran away from the area, towards the terminal. Captain xyz exited the aircraft via the main cabin exit and verifying that all of the aircraft occupants were out and away from the aircraft. At that time, several fire vehicles approached the aircraft and sprayed the aircraft with foam.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ATR42-320 ON LNDG ROLLOUT DECLARED AN EMER AND EVACED THE ACFT DUE TO A R ENG FIRE.

Narrative: ON THE DATE OF JAN/XX/98, I WAS WORKING FOR ACR X AS A FO ON AN ATR42-320. ON THIS DATE, I WAS ASSIGNED TO FLY A RTE FROM NEWARK, NJ, TO HARTFORD, CT, FLT YYY. THE FLC CONSISTED OF CAPT XYZ, FLT ATTENDANT ZZZ AND MYSELF. THE ACFT THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED TO FLY ON THIS EVENING WAS ABC. THE FLT DEPARTED FROM NEWARK, NJ, AT XA00 HRS AND CONTINUED INTO THE HARTFORD TERMINAL AREA, WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INDICATION OF TROUBLE, ALONG THE FILED FLT RTE. I WAS THE PF ON THIS LEG, AND CAPT WAS OPERATING THE COMS. AS WE CONTINUED TOWARDS THE RWY, THE APCH WAS UNEVENTFUL AND PERFORMED ACCORDING TO COMPANY PROCS. AS I REQUESTED THAT THE CONDITION LEVERS BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO ALLOW MAX RPM ON THE PROPS, CAPT XYZ MADE A COMMENT REGARDING THE RPM FOR THE 2 PROPS NOT MATCHING, AND THAT THE L PROP APPEARED TO HAVE A LOWER RPM. I CONTINUED TO DSND TOWARDS THE RWY AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE RWY THRESHOLD. I LANDED THE ACFT ON RWY 33. AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL OF THE ACFT TOUCHED THE RWY, I BROUGHT THE PWR LEVERS INTO THE REVERSE MODE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW THE ACFT. AS SOON AS I BROUGHT THE PWR LEVERS BACK INTO REVERSE, I HEARD A LOUD EXPLODING SOUND, THEN SAW A BRIGHT ORANGE GLOW REFLECTING ON THE SNOW OFF OF THE R SIDE OF RWY 33. THE ORANGE GLOW QUICKLY GREW BRIGHTER AS THE ACFT SLOWED, AND I HEARD SEVERAL LOUD BANG NOISES COMING FROM ENG #2. I THEN LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, BACK TOWARDS THE #2 ENG (R SIDE) AND SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENG NACELLE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE BRADLEY TWR CTLR ADVISED US THAT OUR #2 ENG WAS ON FIRE. WE WERE RECEIVING NO PANEL INDICATIONS OF AN ENG FIRE. CAPT XYZ APPLIED THE BRAKES ON THE ACFT AND BROUGHT IT TO A STOP ON RWY 33, THEN SET THE PARKING BRAKE. THE ENG FIRE WARNINGS FOR ENG #2 ALERTED US AT THIS MOMENT THAT ENG #2 WAS IN FACT ON FIRE. CAPT XYZ ADVISED THE TWR CTLR THAT WE WOULD BE EVACING THE ACFT. AT THIS TIME I HAD BROUGHT THE PROP CONDITION LEVERS TO THE FUEL SHUT OFF POS AND CAPT XYZ BROUGHT THE PWR LEVERS TO GND IDLE. I THEN REACHED UP AND PULLED THE FIRE HANDLE FOR ENG #2 AS CAPT XYZ PULLED THE FIRE HANDLE TO ENG #1. I ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE ENG FIRE BY DISCHARGING SQUIB B. I SAW THAT THE FIRE WAS STILL BURNING SO I THEN DISCHARGED SQUIB A. AFTER THE 2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE DISCHARGED, THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BURN AND GREW IN INTENSITY. I THEN UNBUCKLED MY SAFETY BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS AND EXITED THE COCKPIT, TOWARDS THE PAX CABIN, TO ASSIST WITH EVAC. CAPT XYZ REMAINED IN THE COCKPIT AND SECURED IT PRIOR TO EXITING. AS I ENTERED THE CABIN AREA, THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS GIVING COMMANDS TO THE PAX TO EVAC THE ACFT FROM THE L SIDE. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PAX WHO HAD OPENED THE L SIDE EMER EXIT AND WAS ASSISTING IN HELPING PEOPLE EVAC THROUGH. I THEN EXITED VIA THE L SIDE EMER EXIT, THEN ASSISTED, FROM THE GND, IN GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE ACFT FROM THAT EXIT. AT THIS TIME I NOTICED THAT THE #2 ENG WAS ON FIRE AND THERE WAS FUEL POURING OUT OF THE ENG NACELLE, ONTO THE GND. THERE WAS A LARGE POOL OF FUEL ON THE GND UNDER THE ACFT THAT HAD IGNITED AND WAS BURNING. APPROX 1 MIN AFTER I EXITED THE ACFT, THE LAST PAX EXITED AND RAN AWAY FROM THE AREA, TOWARDS THE TERMINAL. CAPT XYZ EXITED THE ACFT VIA THE MAIN CABIN EXIT AND VERIFYING THAT ALL OF THE ACFT OCCUPANTS WERE OUT AND AWAY FROM THE ACFT. AT THAT TIME, SEVERAL FIRE VEHICLES APCHED THE ACFT AND SPRAYED THE ACFT WITH FOAM.

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.