Engine failure after landing, fire on start up.

Attributes
ACN	93242
Time
Date	198808
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fty
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7200 flight time type : 160
ASRS Report	93242
Person 2
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7200 flight time type : 160
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After landing and pulling onto the ramp the right engine died. The mixture was rich and all the fuel pumps were on. I attempted to restart right engine because it was difficult to taxi on left engine only. While cranking the right engine backfired and caught on fire. I shut down fuel and electrical and evacuated the aircraft, and extinguished the fire. The manifold drain line was found to be blocked by a piece of rubber baffling, allowing fuel to pool up inside of cowling rather than to drain through bottom of cowling. No damage occurred, but with an extreme overprime condition the situation could have been explosive.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENGINE FAILURE AFTER LNDG, FIRE ON START UP.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AND PULLING ONTO THE RAMP THE RIGHT ENG DIED. THE MIXTURE WAS RICH AND ALL THE FUEL PUMPS WERE ON. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART RIGHT ENG BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TAXI ON LEFT ENG ONLY. WHILE CRANKING THE RIGHT ENG BACKFIRED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. I SHUT DOWN FUEL AND ELECTRICAL AND EVACUATED THE ACFT, AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE MANIFOLD DRAIN LINE WAS FOUND TO BE BLOCKED BY A PIECE OF RUBBER BAFFLING, ALLOWING FUEL TO POOL UP INSIDE OF COWLING RATHER THAN TO DRAIN THROUGH BOTTOM OF COWLING. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED, BUT WITH AN EXTREME OVERPRIME CONDITION THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLOSIVE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.