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B767-300 flight crew reported poor adherence to SOP and poor communication led to starting #2 engine with the air cart parked directly in front of that engine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1603361 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
APU inop. In my experience; normally start engine #2 in the blocks with start cart. I requested clearance to start #2 engine when proper duct pressure was displayed. Ground crew used very nonstandard and unclear language when communicating with me. Ground crew said something along the lines of 'yeah go ahead' when I requested clearance to start engine number 2. I confirmed twice to make sure we were cleared to start since poor verbiage was used. After engine was almost fully spooled up; the ground crew said something unintelligible to me on the headset. I asked her to repeat. A mechanic then came on the headset and told us to shut down the engine because the start cart was located in close proximity to the #2 engine. We shut down the engine. Luckily no damage was done to the aircraft or ground equipment and no injury resulted. We then proceeded with a normal start of the #1 engine with use of external air; not typical since hose hook up is on that side. We pushed back and set parking brake. Crossbleed start was then conducted on #2 engine. Non-standard and poor verbiage was used by ground crew throughout push back.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 flight crew reported poor adherence to SOP and poor communication led to starting #2 engine with the air cart parked directly in front of that engine.
Narrative: APU inop. In my experience; normally start engine #2 in the blocks with start cart. I requested clearance to start #2 engine when proper duct pressure was displayed. Ground crew used very nonstandard and unclear language when communicating with me. Ground crew said something along the lines of 'yeah go ahead' when I requested clearance to start engine number 2. I confirmed twice to make sure we were cleared to start since poor verbiage was used. After engine was almost fully spooled up; the ground crew said something unintelligible to me on the headset. I asked her to repeat. A mechanic then came on the headset and told us to shut down the engine because the start cart was located in close proximity to the #2 engine. We shut down the engine. Luckily no damage was done to the aircraft or ground equipment and no injury resulted. We then proceeded with a normal start of the #1 engine with use of external air; not typical since hose hook up is on that side. We pushed back and set parking brake. Crossbleed start was then conducted on #2 engine. Non-standard and poor verbiage was used by ground crew throughout push back.
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