An air carrier large transport had an engine fire on the ground. It was successfully extinguished.

Attributes
ACN	245608
Time
Date	199307
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rsw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	245608
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 9000
ASRS Report	245382
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

FBO maintenance was being performed under the supervision of air carrier a line maintenance for an engine starting problem on the #1 engine on an large transport. After a starting attempt, a fire was reported in the tail pipe by ground personnel, and subsequently by an air carrier B flight on the ramp. Ground personnel extinguished the fire with purple k-dry chemical fire bottle. At the same time, the remaining passenger on board were deplaned as a precaution. The tower called fire trucks who confirmed that the fire had been extinguished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LGT HAD AN ENG FIRE ON THE GND. IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED.

Narrative: FBO MAINT WAS BEING PERFORMED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ACR A LINE MAINT FOR AN ENG STARTING PROB ON THE #1 ENG ON AN LGT. AFTER A STARTING ATTEMPT, A FIRE WAS RPTED IN THE TAIL PIPE BY GND PERSONNEL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY AN ACR B FLT ON THE RAMP. GND PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH PURPLE K-DRY CHEMICAL FIRE BOTTLE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE REMAINING PAX ON BOARD WERE DEPLANED AS A PRECAUTION. THE TWR CALLED FIRE TRUCKS WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRE HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED.

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.