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Jet blast from a taxiing B727 at fat blows over 3 military personnel standing near 3 F16 fighters being readied for takeoff in area adjacent to the runway threshold. Reporter learned of incident after returning to home the next day. The ground personnel received only minor injuries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 367858 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fat |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 367858 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew faa : investigated Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
While performing a rolling takeoff from fat on may/xx/97, our jet blast knocked over 3 service men working on F16's at the end of the runway. I feel that idle power should be used when personnel or equipment are in the area until the aircraft is aligned for takeoff. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that he heard about this incident which he caused the next day after returning home. With help of his chief pilot all flcs in his company going into fat are given a mandatory electronic message to read bringing this matter to their attention. The bulletin advises them to go to idle power when turning in front of the military ground personnel when rolling onto the runway. He heard that the military personnel received only minor injuries.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: JET BLAST FROM A TAXIING B727 AT FAT BLOWS OVER 3 MIL PERSONNEL STANDING NEAR 3 F16 FIGHTERS BEING READIED FOR TKOF IN AREA ADJACENT TO THE RWY THRESHOLD. RPTR LEARNED OF INCIDENT AFTER RETURNING TO HOME THE NEXT DAY. THE GND PERSONNEL RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
Narrative: WHILE PERFORMING A ROLLING TKOF FROM FAT ON MAY/XX/97, OUR JET BLAST KNOCKED OVER 3 SVC MEN WORKING ON F16'S AT THE END OF THE RWY. I FEEL THAT IDLE PWR SHOULD BE USED WHEN PERSONNEL OR EQUIP ARE IN THE AREA UNTIL THE ACFT IS ALIGNED FOR TKOF. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HEARD ABOUT THIS INCIDENT WHICH HE CAUSED THE NEXT DAY AFTER RETURNING HOME. WITH HELP OF HIS CHIEF PLT ALL FLCS IN HIS COMPANY GOING INTO FAT ARE GIVEN A MANDATORY ELECTRONIC MESSAGE TO READ BRINGING THIS MATTER TO THEIR ATTN. THE BULLETIN ADVISES THEM TO GO TO IDLE PWR WHEN TURNING IN FRONT OF THE MIL GND PERSONNEL WHEN ROLLING ONTO THE RWY. HE HEARD THAT THE MIL PERSONNEL RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
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.