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Despite the flight crew having verified their parking safety area was clear of clutter; a B737-700 ingested a large quantity of the ground air conditioning hose into the left engine while they awaited the connection of ground power.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1079307 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201304 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 198 Flight Crew Type 9000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
After landing; we taxied to our gate where we verified/verbalized the safety zone was clear; followed the marshaller's guidance; and parked with the left engine running. While waiting for ground power to be plugged in the plane started to vibrate and I immediately shutdown the engine; after which the plane went dark. After explaining the situation to our passengers and getting electrical power restored; I went down to the ramp and observed that the left engine had ingested a large quantity of the yellow aircraft [air conditioning] hose.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Despite the flight crew having verified their parking safety area was clear of clutter; a B737-700 ingested a large quantity of the ground air conditioning hose into the left engine while they awaited the connection of ground power.
Narrative: After landing; we taxied to our gate where we verified/verbalized the Safety Zone was clear; followed the Marshaller's guidance; and parked with the left engine running. While waiting for ground power to be plugged in the plane started to vibrate and I immediately shutdown the engine; after which the plane went dark. After explaining the situation to our passengers and getting electrical power restored; I went down to the ramp and observed that the left engine had ingested a large quantity of the yellow aircraft [air conditioning] hose.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.