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An S80 PIC's report of almost being blown over while in the crew bus when passing behind a B727 at the gate with an engine being run up at iad, va.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 465233 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : bna.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : maintenance |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain observation : observer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 465233 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | maintenance : technician |
| Qualification | technician : powerplant technician : airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : far non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : vd 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Evening of mar/sun/00 at approximately XA30 pm. A B727 on gate ab with beacons on. Maintenance obviously onboard doing low power run-ups of an engine. Vehicles passing behind aircraft were not certain what was happening. Could not tell if aircraft had just parked or was getting ready to push. No guidemen or ground personnel in sight. The employee bus that I was on went behind aircraft. I thought we were going to get blown over. Maintenance should have taken aircraft to a pad in my opinion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN S80 PIC'S RPT OF ALMOST BEING BLOWN OVER WHILE IN THE CREW BUS WHEN PASSING BEHIND A B727 AT THE GATE WITH AN ENG BEING RUN UP AT IAD, VA.
Narrative: EVENING OF MAR/SUN/00 AT APPROX XA30 PM. A B727 ON GATE AB WITH BEACONS ON. MAINT OBVIOUSLY ONBOARD DOING LOW PWR RUN-UPS OF AN ENG. VEHICLES PASSING BEHIND ACFT WERE NOT CERTAIN WHAT WAS HAPPENING. COULD NOT TELL IF ACFT HAD JUST PARKED OR WAS GETTING READY TO PUSH. NO GUIDEMEN OR GND PERSONNEL IN SIGHT. THE EMPLOYEE BUS THAT I WAS ON WENT BEHIND ACFT. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET BLOWN OVER. MAINT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ACFT TO A PAD IN MY OPINION.
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.