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B777 flight crew reported an unintentional cycling of the right engine fuel control switch during taxi in to the gate. A short time later; ground personnel reported a small flame coming from the engine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1350450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Turbine Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 8247 Flight Crew Type 1266 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
Turning onto [jetway] lead-in line; I called for shutdown of the left engine (it is a left turn into the gate). First officer (first officer) started to shut down the right engine; but realized his mistake and shut down the left engine. The right engine did shut down; however. There were no abnormal indications on EICAS: no overtemp; fire; or anything else unusual. After we blocked in; a maintenance supervisor came up to the flight deck and asked if we knew about fire coming out of the right engine; which we did not. In discussion we think that momentarily moving the right fuel control switch out of detent caused the engine to shut down; but since the switch was not immediately thereafter placed in cutoff; there was some residual fuel which may have resulted in minor torching.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 flight crew reported an unintentional cycling of the right engine fuel control switch during taxi in to the gate. A short time later; ground personnel reported a small flame coming from the engine.
Narrative: Turning onto [jetway] lead-in line; I called for shutdown of the left engine (it is a left turn into the gate). First Officer (FO) started to shut down the right engine; but realized his mistake and shut down the left engine. The right engine did shut down; however. There were no abnormal indications on EICAS: No overtemp; fire; or anything else unusual. After we blocked in; a maintenance supervisor came up to the flight deck and asked if we knew about fire coming out of the right engine; which we did not. In discussion we think that momentarily moving the right fuel control switch out of detent caused the engine to shut down; but since the switch was not immediately thereafter placed in cutoff; there was some residual fuel which may have resulted in minor torching.
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.