After a complete engine shut down at the gate with the start levers at cutout; a B787 right engine a...

Attributes
ACN	1148570
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine Starting System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 21763 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

After gate arrival; the captain moved both fuel control switches to cutout per SOP. Shortly thereafter; one of the relief pilots noticed that the right engine N2 indicator displayed autostart and approximately 26%. The captain verified that the fuel control switches were both in cutoff and attempted to contact the ramp agent via flight interphone to insure that ground personnel stayed clear of the right engine. The right engine attempted one more autostart and then remained shut down. No engine noise was heard in the flight deck during the start attempts. A maintenance technician entered the flight deck and reported that ramp personnel had stayed clear of the engine as it had produced smoke and flames during the malfunction. No injuries or visible external damaged occurred during the event. The captain made the appropriate maintenance logbook and ACARS notification to maintenance control; indicating that the right engine had made multiple autostart attempts with no flight crew action.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After a complete engine shut down at the gate with the Start Levers at CUTOUT; a B787 right engine attempt two uncommanded autostarts which ground personnel reported produced smoke and flames.

Narrative: After gate arrival; the Captain moved both FUEL CONTROL switches to CUTOUT per SOP. Shortly thereafter; one of the Relief Pilots noticed that the right engine N2 indicator displayed AUTOSTART and approximately 26%. The Captain verified that the FUEL CONTROL switches were both in CUTOFF and attempted to contact the Ramp Agent via flight interphone to insure that ground personnel stayed clear of the right engine. The right engine attempted one more AUTOSTART and then remained shut down. No engine noise was heard in the flight deck during the start attempts. A Maintenance Technician entered the flight deck and reported that ramp personnel had stayed clear of the engine as it had produced smoke and flames during the malfunction. No injuries or visible external damaged occurred during the event. The Captain made the appropriate maintenance logbook and ACARS notification to Maintenance Control; indicating that the right engine had made multiple AUTOSTART attempts with no flight crew action.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

After a complete engine shut down at the gate with the start levers at cutout; a B787 right engine attempt two uncommanded autostarts which ground personnel reported produced smoke and flames.