Flight crew of large transport mildly jet blasted passenger enplaning as large transport taxied past...

Attributes
ACN	190623
Time
Date	199109
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	190623
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

While taxiing from gate to runway 26R at ont, via the air carrier ramp and november our exhaust thrust caused a hazard to passenger boarding a plane at the terminal. Just prior to starting a left turn off the air carrier ramp an medium large transport on tower frequency (we were on ground control), made a right turn off runway 26R on 46P and stopped. While waiting to see if the medium large transport was going to stop I slowed our taxi speed to about 3 KTS. After I was sure that it was safe to continue I applied power, approximately 35 percent N1 on engine #1, #2, and #3 to start the airplane rolling around the turn. Normally I would have applied power prior to the turn so that the engines would be at idle power when exhaust was directed toward the terminal. If ground control had been able to advise us that the medium large transport was going to hold it would not have been necessary to slow our aircraft and we could have made the turn with less thrust. If this situation happens again I will stop the aircraft and request that airport operations clear the area behind our aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF LGT MILDLY JET BLASTED PAX ENPLANING AS LGT TAXIED PAST AND TURNED.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING FROM GATE TO RWY 26R AT ONT, VIA THE AIR CARRIER RAMP AND NOVEMBER OUR EXHAUST THRUST CAUSED A HAZARD TO PAX BOARDING A PLANE AT THE TERMINAL. JUST PRIOR TO STARTING A L TURN OFF THE AIR CARRIER RAMP AN MLG ON TWR FREQ (WE WERE ON GND CTL), MADE A R TURN OFF RWY 26R ON 46P AND STOPPED. WHILE WAITING TO SEE IF THE MLG WAS GOING TO STOP I SLOWED OUR TAXI SPD TO ABOUT 3 KTS. AFTER I WAS SURE THAT IT WAS SAFE TO CONTINUE I APPLIED PWR, APPROX 35 PERCENT N1 ON ENG #1, #2, AND #3 TO START THE AIRPLANE ROLLING AROUND THE TURN. NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE APPLIED PWR PRIOR TO THE TURN SO THAT THE ENGS WOULD BE AT IDLE PWR WHEN EXHAUST WAS DIRECTED TOWARD THE TERMINAL. IF GND CTL HAD BEEN ABLE TO ADVISE US THAT THE MLG WAS GOING TO HOLD IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY TO SLOW OUR ACFT AND WE COULD HAVE MADE THE TURN WITH LESS THRUST. IF THIS SITUATION HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL STOP THE ACFT AND REQUEST THAT ARPT OPS CLR THE AREA BEHIND OUR ACFT.

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.

Flight crew of large transport mildly jet blasted passenger enplaning as large transport taxied past and turned.