B757-200 crew forgot to shut down an engine after parking at the gate.

Attributes
ACN	546242
Time
Date	200204
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	546242
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

The fuel control switch (engine cutoff) was missed on engine shutdown checklist. On this early morning flight from lga to dfw we had an extended time with high workload due to WX rertes. Both pilots urgently needed a restroom break after landing. We taxied to gate and went through the shutdown checklist, after blocking in and xferring to exterior electrical power. Both of us verbalized different parts of checklist. Each of us thought the other person had turned the fuel control cut-off switch to 'off.' in the process of getting out of the flight deck to use the restroom, the flight deck door automatically locked when it closed. A combination of these events disrupted our normal habit patterns. We did not realize the engine was still running till we looked back at the plane from the inside of the building. We promptly returned and shut down the engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 CREW FORGOT TO SHUT DOWN AN ENG AFTER PARKING AT THE GATE.

Narrative: THE FUEL CTL SWITCH (ENG CUTOFF) WAS MISSED ON ENG SHUTDOWN CHKLIST. ON THIS EARLY MORNING FLT FROM LGA TO DFW WE HAD AN EXTENDED TIME WITH HIGH WORKLOAD DUE TO WX RERTES. BOTH PLTS URGENTLY NEEDED A RESTROOM BREAK AFTER LNDG. WE TAXIED TO GATE AND WENT THROUGH THE SHUTDOWN CHKLIST, AFTER BLOCKING IN AND XFERRING TO EXTERIOR ELECTRICAL PWR. BOTH OF US VERBALIZED DIFFERENT PARTS OF CHKLIST. EACH OF US THOUGHT THE OTHER PERSON HAD TURNED THE FUEL CTL CUT-OFF SWITCH TO 'OFF.' IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF THE FLT DECK TO USE THE RESTROOM, THE FLT DECK DOOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED WHEN IT CLOSED. A COMBINATION OF THESE EVENTS DISRUPTED OUR NORMAL HABIT PATTERNS. WE DID NOT REALIZE THE ENG WAS STILL RUNNING TILL WE LOOKED BACK AT THE PLANE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. WE PROMPTLY RETURNED AND SHUT DOWN THE ENG.

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.