Narrative:

During taxi to runway 18L at cvg, I noticed some newspaper blowing slowly off to my left. Since I had to make a left turn onto another taxiway, I watched the newspaper as it approached the intersection and when the debris had stopped moving I went ahead and turned to continue the taxi. During the turn the papers began to move from off the taxiway onto the taxiway itself and a section of it was blown (became airborne) in front of us and became wrapped around the lip of the left engine inlet, half in, half out. After a few seconds, I saw it disappear into the engine inlet. Immediately called company maintenance to inform them of the problem and ask if I should shut down engine. They said if engine parameters were normal to leave it running, so I did. Meanwhile, ground control was notified we had to return to gate, but in all the momentary confusion we forgot to tell ground our reason for it--FOD on the taxiway! Actually, I thought that we had ingested most of what I saw and that anymore of it present was probably blown out of the way. Ground control never asked us our problem either, but in retrospect we should have notified them of the presence of the FOD. Also, some more advice to pilots of turbine aircraft: if any FOD nears the engine, shut it down! The FOD we took went al the way through the engine!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TURBO PROP LTT INGESTS NEWSPAPER INTO LEFT ENGINE INLET WHILE TAXIING AT CVG.

Narrative: DURING TAXI TO RWY 18L AT CVG, I NOTICED SOME NEWSPAPER BLOWING SLOWLY OFF TO MY LEFT. SINCE I HAD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO ANOTHER TXWY, I WATCHED THE NEWSPAPER AS IT APCHED THE INTXN AND WHEN THE DEBRIS HAD STOPPED MOVING I WENT AHEAD AND TURNED TO CONTINUE THE TAXI. DURING THE TURN THE PAPERS BEGAN TO MOVE FROM OFF THE TXWY ONTO THE TXWY ITSELF AND A SECTION OF IT WAS BLOWN (BECAME AIRBORNE) IN FRONT OF US AND BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE LIP OF THE LEFT ENG INLET, HALF IN, HALF OUT. AFTER A FEW SECS, I SAW IT DISAPPEAR INTO THE ENG INLET. IMMEDIATELY CALLED COMPANY MAINT TO INFORM THEM OF THE PROB AND ASK IF I SHOULD SHUT DOWN ENG. THEY SAID IF ENG PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL TO LEAVE IT RUNNING, SO I DID. MEANWHILE, GND CTL WAS NOTIFIED WE HAD TO RETURN TO GATE, BUT IN ALL THE MOMENTARY CONFUSION WE FORGOT TO TELL GND OUR REASON FOR IT--FOD ON THE TXWY! ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD INGESTED MOST OF WHAT I SAW AND THAT ANYMORE OF IT PRESENT WAS PROBABLY BLOWN OUT OF THE WAY. GND CTL NEVER ASKED US OUR PROB EITHER, BUT IN RETROSPECT WE SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THEM OF THE PRESENCE OF THE FOD. ALSO, SOME MORE ADVICE TO PLTS OF TURBINE ACFT: IF ANY FOD NEARS THE ENG, SHUT IT DOWN! THE FOD WE TOOK WENT AL THE WAY THROUGH THE ENG!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.