On taxi to gate after landing, large transport had APU torch. Emergency evacuation.

Attributes
ACN	126953
Time
Date	198910
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	126953
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 55 flight time total : 14700
ASRS Report	126939
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Taxiing to the gate during APU start. F/a called on interphone and stated passenger were reporting flames over right wing. APU shut down and fire bottle discharged. Strong odor of fire/smoke detected in cockpit. Passenger evacuate/evacuation ordered, emergency equipment called, checklist completed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON TAXI TO GATE AFTER LNDG, LGT HAD APU TORCH. EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

Narrative: TAXIING TO THE GATE DURING APU START. F/A CALLED ON INTERPHONE AND STATED PAX WERE RPTING FLAMES OVER RIGHT WING. APU SHUT DOWN AND FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. STRONG ODOR OF FIRE/SMOKE DETECTED IN COCKPIT. PAX EVAC ORDERED, EMER EQUIP CALLED, CHKLIST COMPLETED.

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.