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Air carrier medium large transport passenger evacuate/evacuationed after aborted takeoff and an engine ground fire reported by tower and other air carrier.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 223866 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| 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 | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4100 |
| ASRS Report | 223866 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 2600 |
| ASRS Report | 223749 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Tower controller issued clearance onto runway 28L at intersection J. Final items of before takeoff checklist completed. Captain's leg. Both flight directors armed (captain flight director master). Autothrottles armed. Throttles advanced and engines appeared to stabilize. Subsequent to initial power application and prior to autothrottle activation, a very loud bang was heard accompanied by a significant right yaw. Egt on right engine began to climb rapidly. The takeoff was rejected by the captain. No fire warning or bell. Tower reported smoke. Air carrier aircraft on the ground behind our aircraft reported smoke and fire from 2 engine. Captain ordered evacuate/evacuation. All 128 passenger, 2 jumpseat riders and 6 crew members were evacuate/evacuationed without injury. All appropriate checklist procedures and FARS were completed and complied with.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG PAX EVACED AFTER ABORTED TKOF AND AN ENG GND FIRE RPTED BY TWR AND OTHER ACR.
Narrative: TWR CTLR ISSUED CLRNC ONTO RWY 28L AT INTXN J. FINAL ITEMS OF BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST COMPLETED. CAPT'S LEG. BOTH FLT DIRECTORS ARMED (CAPT FLT DIRECTOR MASTER). AUTOTHROTTLES ARMED. THROTTLES ADVANCED AND ENGS APPEARED TO STABILIZE. SUBSEQUENT TO INITIAL PWR APPLICATION AND PRIOR TO AUTOTHROTTLE ACTIVATION, A VERY LOUD BANG WAS HEARD ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGNIFICANT R YAW. EGT ON R ENG BEGAN TO CLB RAPIDLY. THE TKOF WAS REJECTED BY THE CAPT. NO FIRE WARNING OR BELL. TWR RPTED SMOKE. ACR ACFT ON THE GND BEHIND OUR ACFT RPTED SMOKE AND FIRE FROM 2 ENG. CAPT ORDERED EVAC. ALL 128 PAX, 2 JUMPSEAT RIDERS AND 6 CREW MEMBERS WERE EVACED WITHOUT INJURY. ALL APPROPRIATE CHKLIST PROCS AND FARS WERE COMPLETED AND COMPLIED WITH.
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.