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An E145 crew, experiencing an engine fire during pushback at bos, initiated engine shutdown, followed by the engine fire checklist. The fire was ultimately extinguished by discharging both fire extinguisher bottles.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 565853 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200211 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos.airport |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 565853 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 565854 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Engine fire on pushback. No indication of fire in cockpit. Ground crew indicated to shut down engine, then told us about the fire. We proceeded with an abort start checklist and motored the engine. The ramp said we still had fire. We used the epc engine fire checklist and shot both bottles. Flight attendants and passenger were informed and evacuate/evacuation was performed. Damage to aircraft unknown. Injuries to passenger unknown.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN E145 CREW, EXPERIENCING AN ENG FIRE DURING PUSHBACK AT BOS, INITIATED ENG SHUTDOWN, FOLLOWED BY THE ENG FIRE CHKLIST. THE FIRE WAS ULTIMATELY EXTINGUISHED BY DISCHARGING BOTH FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES.
Narrative: ENG FIRE ON PUSHBACK. NO INDICATION OF FIRE IN COCKPIT. GND CREW INDICATED TO SHUT DOWN ENG, THEN TOLD US ABOUT THE FIRE. WE PROCEEDED WITH AN ABORT START CHKLIST AND MOTORED THE ENG. THE RAMP SAID WE STILL HAD FIRE. WE USED THE EPC ENG FIRE CHKLIST AND SHOT BOTH BOTTLES. FLT ATTENDANTS AND PAX WERE INFORMED AND EVAC WAS PERFORMED. DAMAGE TO ACFT UNKNOWN. INJURIES TO PAX UNKNOWN.
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.