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A B737-500 while being guided on to a gate struck a parked air conditioning cart incurring damage to the #1 engine when the guideman failed to give the stop signal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 406099 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 16900 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 406099 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On parking at gate xyz at iah the aircraft marshaller did not command for the aircraft to stop in time before the #1 engine hit an air conditioning cart that was located under the jetway. The left engine sucked the air conditioning hose into the engine. If proper supervision and better training of the ground personnel had been conducted this incident would not have happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 WHILE BEING GUIDED ON TO A GATE STRUCK A PARKED AIR CONDITIONING CART INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE #1 ENG WHEN THE GUIDEMAN FAILED TO GIVE THE STOP SIGNAL.
Narrative: ON PARKING AT GATE XYZ AT IAH THE ACFT MARSHALLER DID NOT COMMAND FOR THE ACFT TO STOP IN TIME BEFORE THE #1 ENG HIT AN AIR CONDITIONING CART THAT WAS LOCATED UNDER THE JETWAY. THE L ENG SUCKED THE AIR CONDITIONING HOSE INTO THE ENG. IF PROPER SUPERVISION AND BETTER TRAINING OF THE GND PERSONNEL HAD BEEN CONDUCTED THIS INCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
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.