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Turbine engine fire of a B757 during starting is put out by flight crew after following engine starting fire procedures and shutting down the engine. The problem was caused by a sheared starter shaft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411166 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jan |
| State Reference | MS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 411166 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Sheared start shaft during start, followed by smoke, sparks and ground crew report of 'fire.' followed appropriate procedures. Shut engine down. 'Fire' went out. Called airport emergency crew to verify 'no fire.' returned to gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TURBINE ENG FIRE OF A B757 DURING STARTING IS PUT OUT BY FLC AFTER FOLLOWING ENG STARTING FIRE PROCS AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ENG. THE PROB WAS CAUSED BY A SHEARED STARTER SHAFT.
Narrative: SHEARED START SHAFT DURING START, FOLLOWED BY SMOKE, SPARKS AND GND CREW RPT OF 'FIRE.' FOLLOWED APPROPRIATE PROCS. SHUT ENG DOWN. 'FIRE' WENT OUT. CALLED ARPT EMER CREW TO VERIFY 'NO FIRE.' RETURNED TO GATE.
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.