B757 rejects takeoff at sfo for engine fire warning and a report from tower and cabin.

Attributes
ACN	494674
Time
Date	200012
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	494674
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas other controllerb other flight crewa other other : cab 5
Resolutory Action	flight crew : rejected takeoff
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Right engine failed during takeoff followed by a fire reported by cabin crew and sfo tower. Aborted takeoff and accomplished engine fire procedure. Called for crash crew assistance. Fire was extinguished quickly with onboard suppression. Ground crew inspected the engine and confirmed the fire was out. Passenger were kept informed during all phases of the operation. We taxied back to the gate and deplaned all passenger without incident. There were no injuries. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: maintenance found a faulty eec and fuel controller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 REJECTS TKOF AT SFO FOR ENG FIRE WARNING AND A RPT FROM TWR AND CABIN.

Narrative: R ENG FAILED DURING TKOF FOLLOWED BY A FIRE RPTED BY CABIN CREW AND SFO TWR. ABORTED TKOF AND ACCOMPLISHED ENG FIRE PROC. CALLED FOR CRASH CREW ASSISTANCE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED QUICKLY WITH ONBOARD SUPPRESSION. GND CREW INSPECTED THE ENG AND CONFIRMED THE FIRE WAS OUT. PAX WERE KEPT INFORMED DURING ALL PHASES OF THE OP. WE TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED ALL PAX WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: MAINT FOUND A FAULTY EEC AND FUEL CONTROLLER.

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.