A medium large transport aircraft and a service vehicle; parked at a gate in bwi; were dramatically ...

Narrative:

Our plane was being serviced at gate x-xx at bwi. All of a sudden; the plane began to shudder and rock. From my seat; the provisioning truck began to lean like it was about to roll on its right side. The provisioning agent; a flight attendant and the passenger agent commented as to what was going on. I stepped into the forward galley. Through the forward service door I observed another carrier's md-80 'taxiing on the j-line for gate x-x directly across from our gate. Once the plane was parked; things calmed down.apparently the jet blast from the md-80 blasted the entire ramp area surrounding our jet. The ramp to gate x-x is sloped uphill. If the md-80 was single engine and/or fully stopped; the brake away thrust required to move the plane up the j-line is what blasted the entire right side ramp area of my jet. My major concern was for ramp and fueling personnel's safety. I called ground control to advise that the jet that just taxied in to gate x-x almost flipped our provisioning truck over. He immediately said the area was uncontrolled and not his responsibility. Why is a push call and communications with ground required at all times in the alleyway if uncontrolled? He said he could call state personnel. I said the company would get it addressed. Called the chief pilot on call and advised him of what just happened. Advised him I would be filing a report in order that company safety could get this unsafe condition addressed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Medium Large Transport aircraft and a service vehicle; parked at a gate in BWI; were dramatically rocked by jet blast from an MD-80 powering up to enter an uphill approach to another gate.

Narrative: Our plane was being serviced at Gate X-XX at BWI. All of a sudden; the plane began to shudder and rock. From my seat; the provisioning truck began to lean like it was about to roll on its right side. The Provisioning Agent; a Flight Attendant and the Passenger Agent commented as to what was going on. I stepped into the forward galley. Through the forward service door I observed another carrier's MD-80 'taxiing on the J-line for Gate X-X directly across from our gate. Once the plane was parked; things calmed down.Apparently the jet blast from the MD-80 blasted the entire ramp area surrounding our jet. The ramp to Gate X-X is sloped uphill. If the MD-80 was single engine and/or fully stopped; the brake away thrust required to move the plane up the J-line is what blasted the entire right side ramp area of my jet. My major concern was for ramp and fueling personnel's safety. I called Ground Control to advise that the jet that just taxied in to Gate X-X almost flipped our provisioning truck over. He immediately said the area was uncontrolled and not his responsibility. Why is a push call and communications with Ground required at all times in the alleyway if uncontrolled? He said he could call State Personnel. I said the company would get it addressed. Called the Chief Pilot on Call and advised him of what just happened. Advised him I would be filing a report in order that Company Safety could get this unsafe condition addressed.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1108497
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BWI.Airport
State Reference	MD
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 373 Flight Crew Type 10020
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

A medium large transport aircraft and a service vehicle; parked at a gate in bwi; were dramatically rocked by jet blast from an md-80 powering up to enter an uphill approach to another gate.