B737-800 flight crew reported the number one engine malfunctioned during the takeoff roll; resulting in a high-speed rejected takeoff.
Synopsis
B737-800 flight crew reported the number one engine malfunctioned during the takeoff roll; resulting in a high-speed rejected takeoff.
Narrative
All was normal past 80 kt. At approximately 130 kt. the aircraft felt like the left side surged up in and then back down; then the left engine spooled back. I felt like we lost one or both tires. I called that out to the Captain. They agreed and called for a rejection. I responded with; Agree reject." Then called; "Extended and deployed." Then; "Autobrake disarm.' We were stopped before I could call out the speed. I radioed the Tower that we had rejected on the runway and to standby. The Captain said wait and made an announcement for the passengers to remain seated. Then we reviewed the lights and status. We had no engine fire indication. But the left engine N1 was zero. I am not sure on what checklist we did or didn't do in that window. The CA (Captain) said I think we can taxi so I coordinated with the Tower to move off on the taxiway. And I [requested priority handling] and told them to send the fire trucks. When stopped on the taxiway I told the Fire Lead that the left engine and wheels were the concern.They checked them out; and said that they saw smoke coming from the left engine. The Fire Lead said they would inspect the left. The Captain and I agreed immediately to fire a bottle into the engine. There was still no fire indication. I ran the brake cooling while sitting on the taxiway. After the fire team cleared us from being on fire we asked for a place to park before returning to the gate; as directed by the brake cooling. We taxied on one engine to the Maintenance Ramp. There we sat while the fire team monitored the exterior. The Captain was on the phone with several company people while I monitored the fire team. Several minutes later the Fire Lead said that there was smoke coming from the engine and the temperature was rising. They said they were using a thermal monitor. I informed the Captain that I was firing the second bottle and they gave me the thumbs up. The Fire Lead would not let us return to the gate until they were confident we were not on-fire. They opened engine cowlings and then gave us the clear and moved the fire personnel out of the way. We taxied it to the gate."
Second reporter narrative
During takeoff roll; the #1 engine had a seizure and over-temperature; resulting in a high-speed rejected takeoff at 130 kt.; prior to V1 at 148 kt. We stopped straight ahead on the runway and I made a PA to the passengers to remain seated. We ran the QRH for an Engine Seizure Severe Separation Checklist. We then decided to move the aircraft off the runway onto Taxiway XX and waited for the fire trucks to arrive. We ran the performance data brake cooling in ACARS; for our hold time. The fireman reported a fire in our #1 engine so we blew the fire bottle and they doused it with water to cool it off. The fireman reported no visible damage to our flaps so we elected to move them up from Position 5. We then taxied to the Maintenance Hold Pad and chalked the nose gear to allow proper brake cooling. After 30 minutes; the fireman gave us clearance to proceed to the gate and we handed the aircraft over to Maintenance.
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