CL65 captain reports hot start during attempted cross bleed start. Hot icon and flames and smoke rep...

Narrative:

The aircraft we were on had a deferred APU. On taxi out while doing our crossbleed start; we received a 'hot' icon on the #1 engine. The start was aborted and the quick reference handbook was complied with. The aircraft in line behind us reported a flame and smoke shot out of the engine during the start. I told the tower and concerned aircraft we were doing a dry-motor and let me know what they could see from our engine. They said the flame was gone and the smoke was dissipating; but that it was still smoking a little. About that time; tower moved us to between the runways. I asked again how it looked and the other aircraft said it was still smoking a little. As a precaution; I told the tower to go on and send the fire trucks out. Once in communication with the fire trucks; we asked them how it looked and if they thought it was ok to return to the gate. They said they did not see any fire danger and that it would be ok to return to the gate. There were no fire or overheat indications; and our flight attendant did not have any smoke in the cabin. The hot icon came on at a very low itt and never got very hot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CL65 Captain reports hot start during attempted cross bleed start. Hot icon and flames and smoke report from aircraft behind cause start to be aborted.

Narrative: The aircraft we were on had a deferred APU. On taxi out while doing our crossbleed start; we received a 'hot' icon on the #1 engine. The start was aborted and the Quick Reference Handbook was complied with. The aircraft in line behind us reported a flame and smoke shot out of the engine during the start. I told the Tower and concerned aircraft we were doing a dry-motor and let me know what they could see from our engine. They said the flame was gone and the smoke was dissipating; but that it was still smoking a little. About that time; Tower moved us to between the runways. I asked again how it looked and the other aircraft said it was still smoking a little. As a precaution; I told the Tower to go on and send the fire trucks out. Once in communication with the fire trucks; we asked them how it looked and if they thought it was OK to return to the gate. They said they did not see any fire danger and that it would be OK to return to the gate. There were no fire or overheat indications; and our Flight Attendant did not have any smoke in the cabin. The hot icon came on at a very low ITT and never got very hot.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	820923
Time
Date	200901
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 8000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

CL65 captain reports hot start during attempted cross bleed start. Hot icon and flames and smoke report from aircraft behind cause start to be aborted.