Narrative:

[We] arrived to a cold airplane with ambient temperatures around -10 degrees celsius. I noticed the flight departing thirty minutes after ours was connected to ground heater cart. Due to a delayed departure time; to accommodate rest; we were asked to commence boarding immediately by operations. I started the APU to start warming the aircraft. Fueling of the aircraft was not completed until after boarding was accomplished. During engine start flow the left fuel pump would not come on line on the first press of the button. I reselected the switch and it eventually came on line. Attempted to start the left engine and the fadec aborted the start. A temperature of 732 C was noted and the non-normal checklist was accomplished. Oil pressure had reached approximately 140 psi all other parameters appeared in tolerance. A second start attempt was made and the engine started successfully. [We] completed fuel valve check; started right engine; completed after start checklist and were about to initiate taxi out when left fadec caution illuminated. I called for the abnormal checklist at which point I noticed the left engine itt reaching 1;000 degrees C and I promptly placed the thrust lever into shut-off. The engine shut down normally and itt fell to appropriate levels. Aircraft was returned to the gate for deplaning. N1 had been a little low at 17%; itt was at 530 degrees before the event occurred. The left and right engine had been idling at 2-3% differential as noted on our inbound flight.I was concerned that the cold status of the airplane may have affected on board computers before departure. Ground heat should have been placed on the airplane before crew arrival. The lack of fueling also is testament to lack of ground preparedness. I believe better treatment of equipment on the overnight may help with subsequent use the following flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ flight crew suffered a hot start on a first flight of the day following an overnight in extreme conditions.

Narrative: [We] arrived to a cold airplane with ambient temperatures around -10 degrees Celsius. I noticed the flight departing thirty minutes after ours was connected to ground heater cart. Due to a delayed departure time; to accommodate rest; we were asked to commence boarding immediately by Operations. I started the APU to start warming the aircraft. Fueling of the aircraft was not completed until after boarding was accomplished. During engine start flow the left fuel pump would not come on line on the first press of the button. I reselected the switch and it eventually came on line. Attempted to start the left engine and the FADEC aborted the start. A temperature of 732 C was noted and the non-normal checklist was accomplished. Oil pressure had reached approximately 140 PSI all other parameters appeared in tolerance. A second start attempt was made and the engine started successfully. [We] completed fuel valve check; started right engine; completed after start checklist and were about to initiate taxi out when left FADEC caution illuminated. I called for the abnormal checklist at which point I noticed the left engine ITT reaching 1;000 degrees C and I promptly placed the thrust lever into shut-off. The engine shut down normally and ITT fell to appropriate levels. Aircraft was returned to the gate for deplaning. N1 had been a little low at 17%; ITT was at 530 degrees before the event occurred. The left and right engine had been idling at 2-3% differential as noted on our inbound flight.I was concerned that the cold status of the airplane may have affected on board computers before departure. Ground heat should have been placed on the airplane before crew arrival. The lack of fueling also is testament to lack of ground preparedness. I believe better treatment of equipment on the overnight may help with subsequent use the following flight.

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.