Taxiing traffic creates ground vehicle damage from jet blast encounter.

Attributes
ACN	208056
Time
Date	199204
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cdg
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	208056
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 2400
ASRS Report	208052
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure 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
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

After landing at cdg paris, flight was instructed to taxi to gate xy. Taxiway was not specified. Captain was taxiing aircraft. He turned into gate area which required a left turn of approximately 130 degrees. As the turn progressed, the captain used min power to keep aircraft turning. After parking at gate, station manager entered the cockpit and informed us of some engine blast damage done while we were maneuvering aircraft. The captain and I were unaware of building or other obstacles behind the aircraft during the turn into the gate. None were on airport diagram. At no time did the taxi guideman signal a stop signal or a slow down signal, ground control said nothing. Comment -- taxi area could have been better marked (arrows). Taxi instructions could have been more specific. Airport plate diagrams should be updated with temporary building displayed and appropriate cautions noted. Blast fence around building and parked cars would have offered protection from sand and gravel blast damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TAXIING TFC CREATES GND VEHICLE DAMAGE FROM JET BLAST ENCOUNTER.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT CDG PARIS, FLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAXI TO GATE XY. TAXIWAY WAS NOT SPECIFIED. CAPT WAS TAXIING ACFT. HE TURNED INTO GATE AREA WHICH REQUIRED A L TURN OF APPROX 130 DEGS. AS THE TURN PROGRESSED, THE CAPT USED MIN PWR TO KEEP ACFT TURNING. AFTER PARKING AT GATE, STATION MGR ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND INFORMED US OF SOME ENG BLAST DAMAGE DONE WHILE WE WERE MANEUVERING ACFT. THE CAPT AND I WERE UNAWARE OF BUILDING OR OTHER OBSTACLES BEHIND THE ACFT DURING THE TURN INTO THE GATE. NONE WERE ON ARPT DIAGRAM. AT NO TIME DID THE TAXI GUIDEMAN SIGNAL A STOP SIGNAL OR A SLOW DOWN SIGNAL, GND CTL SAID NOTHING. COMMENT -- TAXI AREA COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER MARKED (ARROWS). TAXI INSTRUCTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC. ARPT PLATE DIAGRAMS SHOULD BE UPDATED WITH TEMPORARY BUILDING DISPLAYED AND APPROPRIATE CAUTIONS NOTED. BLAST FENCE AROUND BUILDING AND PARKED CARS WOULD HAVE OFFERED PROTECTION FROM SAND AND GRAVEL BLAST DAMAGE.

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.