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A DC9-30 on engine start had the right engine torching. Cleared engine and restart ok. No egt exceedance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 384240 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Wed |
| 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 | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 384240 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
When starting the right engine (#2), the ground crew advised the cockpit crew that flames were coming out of the right engine. I shut off the right fuel control and did the engine clearing procedure and the flames went out. The right engine egt only reached 300 degrees C -- maximum was 350 degrees C for temperature. After being advised by ground crew that everything was ok outside, the right engine was restarted without incident and flight continued. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a DC9-30 and the engines were P&west JT8D-9 engines. The reporter stated after clearing the engine the next start was normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC9-30 ON ENG START HAD THE R ENG TORCHING. CLRED ENG AND RESTART OK. NO EGT EXCEEDANCE.
Narrative: WHEN STARTING THE R ENG (#2), THE GND CREW ADVISED THE COCKPIT CREW THAT FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE R ENG. I SHUT OFF THE R FUEL CTL AND DID THE ENG CLRING PROC AND THE FLAMES WENT OUT. THE R ENG EGT ONLY REACHED 300 DEGS C -- MAX WAS 350 DEGS C FOR TEMP. AFTER BEING ADVISED BY GND CREW THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK OUTSIDE, THE R ENG WAS RESTARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND FLT CONTINUED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A DC9-30 AND THE ENGS WERE P&W JT8D-9 ENGS. THE RPTR STATED AFTER CLRING THE ENG THE NEXT START WAS NORMAL.
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.