Narrative:

XA23, frequency 121.90, bos ground, gate xx. During a long WX delay on the ground in bos, we observed the left engine consuming oil -- over 8 quarts in almost 2 hours. We called bos maintenance to confirm any engine oil consumption problem -- no history of that much consumption was noted. The logbook noted 11 pints added in almost 3 days. Maintenance and I agreed to return to the gate to have them check our the left engine. Once at the gate, I shut down the engines and read the checklist. We noticed the large amounts of white smoke fogging out the terminal from the outside. I sent the first officer to look at the left engine to see if it was from us. Indeed the engine was smoking heavy and the oil on fire. I ordered the agent and the flight attendants to remove the passenger, orderly, through the L1 main cabin door. The maintenance supervisor at the gate witnessed the fire and called crash fire rescue equipment to the gate. Crash fire rescue equipment arrived within 1 min. All passenger were removed from the aircraft with no injuries into the terminal. Maintenance told us the aircraft was OTS. After a new aircraft was found and to be arriving after XA30 hours local time (after the aircraft was deplaned) I made the log entries and thanked the maintenance team and crash fire rescue equipment team that met the aircraft. After the long delay and the engine fire event and the new duty day and thunderstorms that still lay ahead, I felt that I could not safely continue to act as PIC and I called in sick to tracking.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 EXPERIENCES AN ENG FIRE AFTER RETURNING TO THE GATE AND SHUTTING ENGS DOWN. #1 ENG HAD LOST 8 QUARTS OF OIL DURING WX INDUCED TFC DELAY.

Narrative: XA23, FREQ 121.90, BOS GND, GATE XX. DURING A LONG WX DELAY ON THE GND IN BOS, WE OBSERVED THE L ENG CONSUMING OIL -- OVER 8 QUARTS IN ALMOST 2 HRS. WE CALLED BOS MAINT TO CONFIRM ANY ENG OIL CONSUMPTION PROB -- NO HISTORY OF THAT MUCH CONSUMPTION WAS NOTED. THE LOGBOOK NOTED 11 PINTS ADDED IN ALMOST 3 DAYS. MAINT AND I AGREED TO RETURN TO THE GATE TO HAVE THEM CHK OUR THE L ENG. ONCE AT THE GATE, I SHUT DOWN THE ENGS AND READ THE CHKLIST. WE NOTICED THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WHITE SMOKE FOGGING OUT THE TERMINAL FROM THE OUTSIDE. I SENT THE FO TO LOOK AT THE L ENG TO SEE IF IT WAS FROM US. INDEED THE ENG WAS SMOKING HVY AND THE OIL ON FIRE. I ORDERED THE AGENT AND THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO REMOVE THE PAX, ORDERLY, THROUGH THE L1 MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE MAINT SUPVR AT THE GATE WITNESSED THE FIRE AND CALLED CFR TO THE GATE. CFR ARRIVED WITHIN 1 MIN. ALL PAX WERE REMOVED FROM THE ACFT WITH NO INJURIES INTO THE TERMINAL. MAINT TOLD US THE ACFT WAS OTS. AFTER A NEW ACFT WAS FOUND AND TO BE ARRIVING AFTER XA30 HRS LCL TIME (AFTER THE ACFT WAS DEPLANED) I MADE THE LOG ENTRIES AND THANKED THE MAINT TEAM AND CFR TEAM THAT MET THE ACFT. AFTER THE LONG DELAY AND THE ENG FIRE EVENT AND THE NEW DUTY DAY AND TSTMS THAT STILL LAY AHEAD, I FELT THAT I COULD NOT SAFELY CONTINUE TO ACT AS PIC AND I CALLED IN SICK TO TRACKING.

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.