AN ACR B757 FLC HAD A FAILURE OF THE #1 RB211-535E4 ENG WHEN A FAN SPACER BROKE LOOSE SEVERELY DAMAGING THE ENG AND THE THRUST REVERSER EARLY IN THE TKOF ROLL. THE FLC MADE A LOW SPEED REJECT WITH NO EVAC.

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AT ABOUT 70 KTS ON TKOF A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. THE TKOF WAS REJECTED. DURING THE REJECT CLT TWR AND SEVERAL PLTS FROM OTHER ACFT SAID WE HAD AN ENG FIRE. AFTER THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP THE PARKING WAS SET ON; AND THE ENGS WERE SHUT DOWN. THERE WAS NO FIRE WARNING AND WE MADE A VISUAL CHK TO DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FIRE WE DID NOT EVAC THE ACFT. AFTER THE ACFT WAS CHKED BY FIRE/RESCUE AND AIRLINE MAINT WE WERE TOWED TO THE GATE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A B757-200 ON THE SECOND LEG OF A LINE CHK WHEN A SPACER IN THE FAN SECTION OF THE #1 ROLLS-ROYCE ENG BROKE LOOSE STRIKING THE TOP OF THE FAN SHROUD. IT THEN PASSED THROUGH THE ENG AND STRUCK PART OF THE REVERSER MECHANISM DISABLING THE #1 ENG REVERSER. THE CAPT SAID THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A LOW SPEED REJECT OF THE TKOF WITH NO DIFFICULTY. HOWEVER; HE DID SAY THAT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT HE THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER HE SHOULD HAVE INITIATED THE REJECT SINCE THE CHKPLT HAD JUST INFORMED HIM OF HIS POS RELATIVE TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR'S UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE CHKPLT WAS THE PLT IN COMMAND AND IF DECISIONS HAD TO BE MADE REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF THE FLT THE INSTRUCTOR WOULD PREVAIL. THE RPTR SAID THAT HE MADE THE DECISION WITHOUT CONSULTING THE CHKPLT BECAUSE HE WAS THE PLT FLYING. AFTERWARD; THE CHKPLT AGREED.