Narrative:

Aborted at 140 KTS. V1 was 145 KTS. Heard a loud bang and felt it. I elected to abort. Rollout was on centerline and cleared runway right on taxiway south. When cleared, we checked chart and found it to be in the melt zone. I asked tower if they saw any fire. They said they saw smoke on the right side. The fire department arrived and I asked them to have the fire commander check for fire. They said that the right gear was on fire, so I elected to evacuate/evacuation. I ordered an evacuate/evacuation out the left side only (due to fire on the right side). By the time we (first officer and I) left the cockpit, almost the whole upper deck had been evacuate/evacuationed, so I ordered the first officer to go down the slide and supervise the operations on the ground. I proceeded to the lower deck and supervised the evacuate/evacuation of the lower deck until all the passenger had cleared. I then ordered the flight attendant to exit and I did one more sweep of the aircraft to check for any remaining passenger. I then left the aircraft. Evacuate/evacuation went extremely well and the total aircraft (365 souls on board) was done within 2 mins with only 2 injuries. After leaving the aircraft, maintenance said that they received a report of a surge on the #2 engine. A passenger reported a 'large' flame and loud bang out of the #2 engine. Maintenance found remnants of a bird in the #2 engine. Supplemental information from acn 625960: I inspected the engines and found remains of a bird in the #2 engine and asked maintenance to confirm the findings and remove a feather for me.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BIRD. ACFT EVACED DUE TO A R GEAR FIRE AFTER A HIGH SPD ABORT AT 140 KTS PERFORMED BY THE PIC OF A B747-400 WHEN HEARING A LOUD BANG ON TKOF ROLL AT VTDB.

Narrative: ABORTED AT 140 KTS. V1 WAS 145 KTS. HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FELT IT. I ELECTED TO ABORT. ROLLOUT WAS ON CTRLINE AND CLRED RWY RIGHT ON TXWY S. WHEN CLRED, WE CHKED CHART AND FOUND IT TO BE IN THE MELT ZONE. I ASKED TWR IF THEY SAW ANY FIRE. THEY SAID THEY SAW SMOKE ON THE R SIDE. THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED AND I ASKED THEM TO HAVE THE FIRE COMMANDER CHK FOR FIRE. THEY SAID THAT THE R GEAR WAS ON FIRE, SO I ELECTED TO EVAC. I ORDERED AN EVAC OUT THE L SIDE ONLY (DUE TO FIRE ON THE R SIDE). BY THE TIME WE (FO AND I) LEFT THE COCKPIT, ALMOST THE WHOLE UPPER DECK HAD BEEN EVACED, SO I ORDERED THE FO TO GO DOWN THE SLIDE AND SUPERVISE THE OPS ON THE GND. I PROCEEDED TO THE LOWER DECK AND SUPERVISED THE EVAC OF THE LOWER DECK UNTIL ALL THE PAX HAD CLRED. I THEN ORDERED THE FLT ATTENDANT TO EXIT AND I DID ONE MORE SWEEP OF THE ACFT TO CHK FOR ANY REMAINING PAX. I THEN LEFT THE ACFT. EVAC WENT EXTREMELY WELL AND THE TOTAL ACFT (365 SOULS ON BOARD) WAS DONE WITHIN 2 MINS WITH ONLY 2 INJURIES. AFTER LEAVING THE ACFT, MAINT SAID THAT THEY RECEIVED A RPT OF A SURGE ON THE #2 ENG. A PAX RPTED A 'LARGE' FLAME AND LOUD BANG OUT OF THE #2 ENG. MAINT FOUND REMNANTS OF A BIRD IN THE #2 ENG. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 625960: I INSPECTED THE ENGS AND FOUND REMAINS OF A BIRD IN THE #2 ENG AND ASKED MAINT TO CONFIRM THE FINDINGS AND REMOVE A FEATHER FOR ME.

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.