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A B737-700 incurred damage to the left engine when a heater cart hose was ingested into the engine. Caused by improper stowage of ground equipment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 569607 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200212 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| 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 |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 11000 |
| ASRS Report | 569607 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 569608 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters other non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Airport Weather Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Everything was normal until we shut the engines down and felt the aircraft shudder. We had sucked a heat cart hose into the #1 engine dragging the cart into the safety zone and about 1 ft from the intake of the engine. The ramp was ice covered. The marshaler had stopped us about 1 wheel length past the stop line. I believe the hose from the cart was not stowed correctly (ie, left laying on the ground) and a combination of moderate wind, ice covered ramp and suction from the engine, as well as parking past the line contributed to this incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-700 INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE L ENG WHEN A HEATER CART HOSE WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENG. CAUSED BY IMPROPER STOWAGE OF GND EQUIP.
Narrative: EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL UNTIL WE SHUT THE ENGS DOWN AND FELT THE ACFT SHUDDER. WE HAD SUCKED A HEAT CART HOSE INTO THE #1 ENG DRAGGING THE CART INTO THE SAFETY ZONE AND ABOUT 1 FT FROM THE INTAKE OF THE ENG. THE RAMP WAS ICE COVERED. THE MARSHALER HAD STOPPED US ABOUT 1 WHEEL LENGTH PAST THE STOP LINE. I BELIEVE THE HOSE FROM THE CART WAS NOT STOWED CORRECTLY (IE, LEFT LAYING ON THE GND) AND A COMBINATION OF MODERATE WIND, ICE COVERED RAMP AND SUCTION FROM THE ENG, AS WELL AS PARKING PAST THE LINE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT.
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.