A310 crew had an ECAM 'engine #1 fail' warning. The tower reported flames from the left wing area.

Attributes
ACN	561193
Time
Date	200209
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bur.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A310
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	561193
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ecam eng #1 fail other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

On sep/thu/02, I was the captain on flight from ZZZ to bur, ca. First officer was flying the leg. On landing rollout at bur, ECAM reported 'engine #1 fail.' I advised the tower of our engine fail indication, and tower reported 'flames were coming out of the left engine.' based on tower information, I closed the fuel control lever, pulled the fire handle and discharged the fire agent. Airport crash fire rescue equipment trucks inspected the aircraft and stated no fire from engine could be seen. Maintenance towed aircraft to hangar. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the crew was landing on runway 8. This leaves 4806 ft to stop after a landing at the 1000 ft point. This is extremely short for a 300000 pound aircraft. The approach was flown to minimums, and it was dark. The first officer was anxious about getting stopped and probably used more reverse thrust than normal. He also did not come out of reverse thrust as soon as he should have. This resulted in a series of engine stalls, which triggered the ECAM engine fail warning. Each time the engine surged, flame came out the tail pipe, causing the tower warning of fire. Maintenance borescoped the engine. No damage was found. The fire bottle was replaced, and the aircraft departed on time that evening.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A310 CREW HAD AN ECAM 'ENG #1 FAIL' WARNING. THE TWR RPTED FLAMES FROM THE L WING AREA.

Narrative: ON SEP/THU/02, I WAS THE CAPT ON FLT FROM ZZZ TO BUR, CA. FO WAS FLYING THE LEG. ON LNDG ROLLOUT AT BUR, ECAM RPTED 'ENG #1 FAIL.' I ADVISED THE TWR OF OUR ENG FAIL INDICATION, AND TWR RPTED 'FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE L ENG.' BASED ON TWR INFO, I CLOSED THE FUEL CTL LEVER, PULLED THE FIRE HANDLE AND DISCHARGED THE FIRE AGENT. ARPT CFR TRUCKS INSPECTED THE ACFT AND STATED NO FIRE FROM ENG COULD BE SEEN. MAINT TOWED ACFT TO HANGAR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CREW WAS LNDG ON RWY 8. THIS LEAVES 4806 FT TO STOP AFTER A LNDG AT THE 1000 FT POINT. THIS IS EXTREMELY SHORT FOR A 300000 LB ACFT. THE APCH WAS FLOWN TO MINIMUMS, AND IT WAS DARK. THE FO WAS ANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING STOPPED AND PROBABLY USED MORE REVERSE THRUST THAN NORMAL. HE ALSO DID NOT COME OUT OF REVERSE THRUST AS SOON AS HE SHOULD HAVE. THIS RESULTED IN A SERIES OF ENG STALLS, WHICH TRIGGERED THE ECAM ENG FAIL WARNING. EACH TIME THE ENG SURGED, FLAME CAME OUT THE TAIL PIPE, CAUSING THE TWR WARNING OF FIRE. MAINT BORESCOPED THE ENG. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS REPLACED, AND THE ACFT DEPARTED ON TIME THAT EVENING.

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.