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A ramp service employee reported that while mechanics were running the engines on an aircraft; two other mechanics crawled under the aircraft and pulled the chocks.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1370905 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Aircraft was pushed off the gate. Had to be towed back into gate due to engine problem. All wheels were chocked. (10 chocks). Mechanics told me they wanted to start #2 engine on the gate. We started to pull main chocks as I assumed we would push after engine start. Mechanics told me to leave the chocks in because they would shut it down.mechanics got the engine started. After it ran for a minute or two; two mechanics walked around the left side of the airplane; then crawled underneath the plane and pulled main while chocks while engine was still running.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ramp service employee reported that while mechanics were running the engines on an aircraft; two other mechanics crawled under the aircraft and pulled the chocks.
Narrative: Aircraft was pushed off the gate. Had to be towed back into gate due to engine problem. All wheels were chocked. (10 chocks). Mechanics told me they wanted to start #2 engine on the gate. We started to pull main chocks as I assumed we would push after engine start. Mechanics told me to leave the chocks in because they would shut it down.Mechanics got the engine started. After it ran for a minute or two; two mechanics walked around the left side of the airplane; then crawled underneath the plane and pulled main while chocks while engine was still running.
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