A first officer's report on an SF340 right engine start performed by the captain before the prefligh...

Attributes
ACN	432113
Time
Date	199903
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	SF 340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 3070 flight time type : 920
ASRS Report	432113
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : fod non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

At approximately XA30 local time, I proceeded out to the aircraft to initiate the exterior inspection position of the preflight. The captain was approximately 1 min behind me. Before entering the aircraft, opening the main cabin door, or doing anything else, I removed both the left and right propeller ties. After removing the last propeller tie (right side), I saw the captain ascending the airstairs into the aircraft. I followed behind him a moment later to stow the propeller ties in the cockpit. Immediately after stowing the propeller ties, I stepped back into the passenger cabin to retrieve the empty inlet covers stowage bag and began down the airstairs to begin the exterior inspection. Near the bottom of the stairs I saw that the rotating beacons were on, followed a fraction of a second later by the sound of the right engine starting. Having never given the engine start clearance to the captain, I was shocked and immediately concerned that I would be unable to preflight the right side of the aircraft. I immediately ascended the airstairs and informed the captain that no oils had been checked or preflight performed on the exterior right side of the aircraft. He stated he had flown the aircraft in the previous night and that the oils were checked and ok. I then began back down the airstairs, thinking I was concerned and confused by the captain's actions and that I wouldn't allow the flight to be initiated without a proper exterior inspection and preflight. At that moment, as I descended the airstairs, I saw a small inlet cover to the oil cooler being blown underneath the aircraft. I realized that all the inlet covers and plugs on the right engine were probably installed. I then immediately ran forward outside the aircraft to a point outside the captain's window and signaled him to shut the engine down/abort the start. The start was then immediately aborted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FO'S RPT ON AN SF340 R ENG START PERFORMED BY THE CAPT BEFORE THE PREFLT CHK WAS COMPLETED AND WHILE THE FO WAS STILL OUTSIDE. ENG INGESTED THE ENG AIR INLET COVER BEFORE IT WAS SHUT DOWN.

Narrative: AT APPROX XA30 LCL TIME, I PROCEEDED OUT TO THE ACFT TO INITIATE THE EXTERIOR INSPECTION POS OF THE PREFLT. THE CAPT WAS APPROX 1 MIN BEHIND ME. BEFORE ENTERING THE ACFT, OPENING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, OR DOING ANYTHING ELSE, I REMOVED BOTH THE L AND R PROP TIES. AFTER REMOVING THE LAST PROP TIE (R SIDE), I SAW THE CAPT ASCENDING THE AIRSTAIRS INTO THE ACFT. I FOLLOWED BEHIND HIM A MOMENT LATER TO STOW THE PROP TIES IN THE COCKPIT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER STOWING THE PROP TIES, I STEPPED BACK INTO THE PAX CABIN TO RETRIEVE THE EMPTY INLET COVERS STOWAGE BAG AND BEGAN DOWN THE AIRSTAIRS TO BEGIN THE EXTERIOR INSPECTION. NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS I SAW THAT THE ROTATING BEACONS WERE ON, FOLLOWED A FRACTION OF A SECOND LATER BY THE SOUND OF THE R ENG STARTING. HAVING NEVER GIVEN THE ENG START CLRNC TO THE CAPT, I WAS SHOCKED AND IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED THAT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO PREFLT THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. I IMMEDIATELY ASCENDED THE AIRSTAIRS AND INFORMED THE CAPT THAT NO OILS HAD BEEN CHKED OR PREFLT PERFORMED ON THE EXTERIOR R SIDE OF THE ACFT. HE STATED HE HAD FLOWN THE ACFT IN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND THAT THE OILS WERE CHKED AND OK. I THEN BEGAN BACK DOWN THE AIRSTAIRS, THINKING I WAS CONCERNED AND CONFUSED BY THE CAPT'S ACTIONS AND THAT I WOULDN'T ALLOW THE FLT TO BE INITIATED WITHOUT A PROPER EXTERIOR INSPECTION AND PREFLT. AT THAT MOMENT, AS I DSNDED THE AIRSTAIRS, I SAW A SMALL INLET COVER TO THE OIL COOLER BEING BLOWN UNDERNEATH THE ACFT. I REALIZED THAT ALL THE INLET COVERS AND PLUGS ON THE R ENG WERE PROBABLY INSTALLED. I THEN IMMEDIATELY RAN FORWARD OUTSIDE THE ACFT TO A POINT OUTSIDE THE CAPT'S WINDOW AND SIGNALED HIM TO SHUT THE ENG DOWN/ABORT THE START. THE START WAS THEN IMMEDIATELY ABORTED.

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.

A first officer's report on an SF340 right engine start performed by the captain before the preflight check was completed and while the first officer was still outside. Engine ingested the engine air inlet cover before it was shut down.