B757 aircraft in climb had engine failure fire. Engine shut down. Fire extinguished, emergency declared and aircraft landed at departure airport. Reporter flight attendant says an evacuate/evacuation was briefed and cabin prepared, but after landing it was not necessary to evacuate/evacuation and passenger were unloaded onto tarmac.

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Attributes
ACN	385866
Time
Date	199711
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sna
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sna
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other other
Route In Use	departure : noise abatement departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	385866
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On takeoff out of sna, during routine cutback of engine power for noise abatement, the left engine of the B757 failed and caught fire. Extinguishers were used within the engine and fire was put out. There was a loud explosion and much movement in the cabin from the aircraft attitude. After a brief period of jerking movements, the plane flew as normal and the captain advised us of an emergency landing back to sna. We prepared the cabin with our planned evacuate/evacuation checklist and made it to point #6. Passenger were calm for the most part. The aircraft landing was very hard and brakes were applied abruptly due to the short runway. Emergency vehicles met the plane and determined it was safe to use a ramp stand at door 2R exit. Passenger and crew exited onto tarmac and were escorted to the terminal. Flight attendants proceeded with sequence. Flight attendant treated on nov/xx/97 for neck and upper back pain as a result of the thrust and jerking of plane. Flight attendants were calm and professional and handled the incident beautifully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 ACFT IN CLB HAD ENG FAILURE FIRE. ENG SHUT DOWN. FIRE EXTINGUISHED, EMER DECLARED AND ACFT LANDED AT DEP ARPT. RPTR FLT ATTENDANT SAYS AN EVAC WAS BRIEFED AND CABIN PREPARED, BUT AFTER LNDG IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO EVAC AND PAX WERE UNLOADED ONTO TARMAC.

Narrative: ON TKOF OUT OF SNA, DURING ROUTINE CUTBACK OF ENG PWR FOR NOISE ABATEMENT, THE L ENG OF THE B757 FAILED AND CAUGHT FIRE. EXTINGUISHERS WERE USED WITHIN THE ENG AND FIRE WAS PUT OUT. THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION AND MUCH MOVEMENT IN THE CABIN FROM THE ACFT ATTITUDE. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF JERKING MOVEMENTS, THE PLANE FLEW AS NORMAL AND THE CAPT ADVISED US OF AN EMER LNDG BACK TO SNA. WE PREPARED THE CABIN WITH OUR PLANNED EVAC CHKLIST AND MADE IT TO POINT #6. PAX WERE CALM FOR THE MOST PART. THE ACFT LNDG WAS VERY HARD AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED ABRUPTLY DUE TO THE SHORT RWY. EMER VEHICLES MET THE PLANE AND DETERMINED IT WAS SAFE TO USE A RAMP STAND AT DOOR 2R EXIT. PAX AND CREW EXITED ONTO TARMAC AND WERE ESCORTED TO THE TERMINAL. FLT ATTENDANTS PROCEEDED WITH SEQUENCE. FLT ATTENDANT TREATED ON NOV/XX/97 FOR NECK AND UPPER BACK PAIN AS A RESULT OF THE THRUST AND JERKING OF PLANE. FLT ATTENDANTS WERE CALM AND PROFESSIONAL AND HANDLED THE INCIDENT BEAUTIFULLY.

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.