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Flight crew of a widebody transport evacuate/evacuationed the aircraft during taxi for takeoff after being requested to do so by the fire and rescue personnel due to an APU tailpipe fire.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 328608 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pdx |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 223 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 4101 |
| ASRS Report | 328608 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During taxi out, another air carrier reported flames coming from my B767 'tailpipe.' pdx tower confirmed smoke and flames. Pdx called fire department (did not advise me). We shut down APU (no indications of fire on gauges). Fire marshall advised to evacuate/evacuation. I evacuate/evacuationed B767. No serious injury -- 3 minor. Probable cause of flame is tailpipe fire in APU. Corrective -- train fire marshals better in location of APU, APU intake and non-serious nature of APU tailpipe fire.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A WDB EVACED THE ACFT DURING TAXI FOR TKOF AFTER BEING REQUESTED TO DO SO BY THE FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL DUE TO AN APU TAILPIPE FIRE.
Narrative: DURING TAXI OUT, ANOTHER ACR RPTED FLAMES COMING FROM MY B767 'TAILPIPE.' PDX TWR CONFIRMED SMOKE AND FLAMES. PDX CALLED FIRE DEPT (DID NOT ADVISE ME). WE SHUT DOWN APU (NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE ON GAUGES). FIRE MARSHALL ADVISED TO EVAC. I EVACED B767. NO SERIOUS INJURY -- 3 MINOR. PROBABLE CAUSE OF FLAME IS TAILPIPE FIRE IN APU. CORRECTIVE -- TRAIN FIRE MARSHALS BETTER IN LOCATION OF APU, APU INTAKE AND NON-SERIOUS NATURE OF APU TAILPIPE FIRE.
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.