Jet blast damage resulting in personal injury.

Attributes
ACN	131372
Time
Date	198912
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : san
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 4150
ASRS Report	131372
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 11600 flight time type : 80
ASRS Report	131359
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

2 days after our arrival at home base myself and the captain were alerted to an article, in a west coast newspaper, about an occurrence involving an aircraft like ours, departing from our point of departure, at the same time, from the same ramp, with the same destination. We immediately started investigating the report, as we had no indication, by this point, of any problem. Apparently a pane of glass, in a restaurant, some distance behind our aircraft had failed during taxi-out and some minor injuries occurred. The captain and I briefed our departure, taking consideration an small aircraft close behind our aircraft. We queried the line personnel about our location and were told they depart jet aircraft from this spot frequently. On taxi-out no unusual power application was required and our departure was normal with no indication from anyone that anything unusual had happened. Having now checked with the FBO we learned the small aircraft was untouched. We had departed this approximately location numerous times in the past with no problem. In the future, for our departures, we will avoid this position or any position similar to this one. Supplemental information from acn 131359: approximately 150' or so separated our plane from the restaurant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: JET BLAST DAMAGE RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURY.

Narrative: 2 DAYS AFTER OUR ARR AT HOME BASE MYSELF AND THE CAPT WERE ALERTED TO AN ARTICLE, IN A W COAST NEWSPAPER, ABOUT AN OCCURRENCE INVOLVING AN ACFT LIKE OURS, DEPARTING FROM OUR POINT OF DEP, AT THE SAME TIME, FROM THE SAME RAMP, WITH THE SAME DEST. WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED INVESTIGATING THE RPT, AS WE HAD NO INDICATION, BY THIS POINT, OF ANY PROB. APPARENTLY A PANE OF GLASS, IN A RESTAURANT, SOME DISTANCE BEHIND OUR ACFT HAD FAILED DURING TAXI-OUT AND SOME MINOR INJURIES OCCURRED. THE CAPT AND I BRIEFED OUR DEP, TAKING CONSIDERATION AN SMA CLOSE BEHIND OUR ACFT. WE QUERIED THE LINE PERSONNEL ABOUT OUR LOCATION AND WERE TOLD THEY DEPART JET ACFT FROM THIS SPOT FREQUENTLY. ON TAXI-OUT NO UNUSUAL PWR APPLICATION WAS REQUIRED AND OUR DEP WAS NORMAL WITH NO INDICATION FROM ANYONE THAT ANYTHING UNUSUAL HAD HAPPENED. HAVING NOW CHKED WITH THE FBO WE LEARNED THE SMA WAS UNTOUCHED. WE HAD DEPARTED THIS APPROX LOCATION NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST WITH NO PROB. IN THE FUTURE, FOR OUR DEPS, WE WILL AVOID THIS POS OR ANY POS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 131359: APPROX 150' OR SO SEPARATED OUR PLANE FROM THE RESTAURANT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.