A B737 allegedly ingests a small plastic bag while taxiing for takeoff at ord, il.

Attributes
ACN	448930
Time
Date	199909
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : takeoff roll ground : position and hold ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	448930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	448931
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : fod
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Company Airport Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

Taxiing out to runway 32L. Taxi pre takeoff. On flight from ord to dtw on sep/xa/99, it was reported to our cockpit from ground control that another airplane thought that our right engine may have possibly ingested a small plastic bag. The captain and I looked at the engine indications and all were normal. We proceeded to the active runway and did an engine runup before releasing brakes for takeoff. All engine indications were normal. We flew from ord to dtw and then back to ord and on to lax with the same airplane without any problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 ALLEGEDLY INGESTS A SMALL PLASTIC BAG WHILE TAXIING FOR TKOF AT ORD, IL.

Narrative: TAXIING OUT TO RWY 32L. TAXI PRE TKOF. ON FLT FROM ORD TO DTW ON SEP/XA/99, IT WAS RPTED TO OUR COCKPIT FROM GND CTL THAT ANOTHER AIRPLANE THOUGHT THAT OUR R ENG MAY HAVE POSSIBLY INGESTED A SMALL PLASTIC BAG. THE CAPT AND I LOOKED AT THE ENG INDICATIONS AND ALL WERE NORMAL. WE PROCEEDED TO THE ACTIVE RWY AND DID AN ENG RUNUP BEFORE RELEASING BRAKES FOR TKOF. ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WE FLEW FROM ORD TO DTW AND THEN BACK TO ORD AND ON TO LAX WITH THE SAME AIRPLANE WITHOUT ANY PROBS.

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.