Engine tail pipe fire on pushback at las.

Attributes
ACN	424183
Time
Date	199901
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 750
ASRS Report	424183
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On returning to gate after pushback and engine start, captain shut down right engine, followed by inadvertent momentary shutdown of left engine (APU was not running). Fuel lever returned to start, yet engine wound down. Ground personnel notified us of a fire. Left engine egt noted at 780 degrees and rising. Fire handle pulled and 1 bottle fired. Temperature decreased, APU started and engine windmilled. Offloaded passenger without any further events.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG TAIL PIPE FIRE ON PUSHBACK AT LAS.

Narrative: ON RETURNING TO GATE AFTER PUSHBACK AND ENG START, CAPT SHUT DOWN R ENG, FOLLOWED BY INADVERTENT MOMENTARY SHUTDOWN OF L ENG (APU WAS NOT RUNNING). FUEL LEVER RETURNED TO START, YET ENG WOUND DOWN. GND PERSONNEL NOTIFIED US OF A FIRE. L ENG EGT NOTED AT 780 DEGS AND RISING. FIRE HANDLE PULLED AND 1 BOTTLE FIRED. TEMP DECREASED, APU STARTED AND ENG WINDMILLED. OFFLOADED PAX WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EVENTS.

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.