Air carrier widebody transport engine fire during engine start.

Attributes
ACN	155169
Time
Date	199008
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 12500 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	155169
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10600
ASRS Report	155187
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Several unsuccessful start events as per abnormal aircraft manual. Final start was successful. Ground personnel reported fire on #2 engine. Engine successfully shut down. Continued clearing of engine prior to shut down. Fire persisted and verified by second ground observer. Fire bottles both discharged and cabin evacuation initiated. Evacuation was successful. Remainder of emergency evacuation/engine fire shutdown checklists were accomplished. Supplemental information from acn 155341. After unsuccessful start attempts with 'B' ignition. A start was accomplished per checklist using 'a' ignition. Evacuation checklist also accomplish until ground personnel said they had the fire out.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB ENGINE FIRE DURING ENGINE START.

Narrative: SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL START EVENTS AS PER ABNORMAL ACFT MANUAL. FINAL START WAS SUCCESSFUL. GND PERSONNEL RPTED FIRE ON #2 ENG. ENG SUCCESSFULLY SHUT DOWN. CONTINUED CLRING OF ENG PRIOR TO SHUT DOWN. FIRE PERSISTED AND VERIFIED BY SEC GND OBSERVER. FIRE BOTTLES BOTH DISCHARGED AND CABIN EVACUATION INITIATED. EVACUATION WAS SUCCESSFUL. REMAINDER OF EMER EVACUATION/ENG FIRE SHUTDOWN CHKLISTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 155341. AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL START ATTEMPTS WITH 'B' IGNITION. A START WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER CHKLIST USING 'A' IGNITION. EVACUATION CHKLIST ALSO ACCOMPLISH UNTIL GND PERSONNEL SAID THEY HAD THE FIRE OUT.

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.