When there was a delay in shutting down the left engine of the B-737 at the gate due to being unable...

Attributes
ACN	1220920
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	APU
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird

Narrative:

I pulled into the gate with the #1 engine running as per our new procedure. I was waiting for ground power to be connected and after 2 or 3 signals from the [ground crewman] I concluded that the gpu was inop. I immediately started the APU and once it was online I shut down the #1 engine. I witnessed some screaming and commotion outside but didn't know what happened. I was informed by the [outbound captain] that the left wing walker approached the aircraft while the engine was running and was almost sucked in and killed. The thought of something like that happening on my flight is very scary.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When there was a delay in shutting down the left engine of the B-737 at the gate due to being unable to power the aircraft with the GPU; a wing walker walked in front of the engine and was nearly sucked into it.

Narrative: I pulled into the gate with the #1 engine running as per our new procedure. I was waiting for ground power to be connected and after 2 or 3 signals from the [ground crewman] I concluded that the GPU was inop. I immediately started the APU and once it was online I shut down the #1 engine. I witnessed some screaming and commotion outside but didn't know what happened. I was informed by the [outbound Captain] that the left wing walker approached the aircraft while the engine was running and was almost sucked in and killed. The thought of something like that happening on my flight is very scary.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

When there was a delay in shutting down the left engine of the B-737 at the gate due to being unable to power the aircraft with the gpu; a wing walker walked in front of the engine and was nearly sucked into it.