Air carrier flight crew reports ground vehicle blocking their turn out of parking to get their atten...

Attributes
ACN	755684
Time
Date	200710
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
ASRS Report	755684
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other other : 2 other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

After pushback; we received a wave off from the ground crew. We completed our after start flows and the after start checklist. We extended our flaps to the 5 position. We called ramp control and we were released to ground control. We called ground control and we were cleared to taxi. We cleared the outside left and right and I spooled up the engines to breakaway thrust. Just as the airplane started to move; a contract ground operations truck approached us from the 1 O'clock position and blocked our path. 2 people jumped out. 1 person ran to the communications panel on the right side of the airplane. The other person ran in front of the nose and gave me the stop signal. It appears that they had failed to close the door on the communications panel and they came back to close it. My problem is that they should have made radio contact with us when approaching the aircraft after wave off. We cleared both sides of the aircraft before taxi; and we were fortunate that the first officer did not go back heads down after clearing outside. I did not see the truck approaching until after the first officer told me to stop and the person appeared in front of the nose of the airplane. Follow basic safety procedures and make radio contact with an airplane before approaching after wave off.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLT CREW REPORTS GROUND VEHICLE BLOCKING THEIR TURN OUT OF PARKING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION AND ALLOW THE CLOSING OF A COMMUNICATIONS PANEL WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN.

Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK; WE RECEIVED A WAVE OFF FROM THE GND CREW. WE COMPLETED OUR AFTER START FLOWS AND THE AFTER START CHKLIST. WE EXTENDED OUR FLAPS TO THE 5 POS. WE CALLED RAMP CTL AND WE WERE RELEASED TO GND CTL. WE CALLED GND CTL AND WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI. WE CLRED THE OUTSIDE L AND R AND I SPOOLED UP THE ENGS TO BREAKAWAY THRUST. JUST AS THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO MOVE; A CONTRACT GND OPS TRUCK APCHED US FROM THE 1 O'CLOCK POS AND BLOCKED OUR PATH. 2 PEOPLE JUMPED OUT. 1 PERSON RAN TO THE COMS PANEL ON THE R SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE. THE OTHER PERSON RAN IN FRONT OF THE NOSE AND GAVE ME THE STOP SIGNAL. IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAD FAILED TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON THE COMS PANEL AND THEY CAME BACK TO CLOSE IT. MY PROB IS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH US WHEN APCHING THE ACFT AFTER WAVE OFF. WE CLRED BOTH SIDES OF THE ACFT BEFORE TAXI; AND WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THE FO DID NOT GO BACK HEADS DOWN AFTER CLRING OUTSIDE. I DID NOT SEE THE TRUCK APCHING UNTIL AFTER THE FO TOLD ME TO STOP AND THE PERSON APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE. FOLLOW BASIC SAFETY PROCS AND MAKE RADIO CONTACT WITH AN AIRPLANE BEFORE APCHING AFTER WAVE OFF.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.

Air carrier flight crew reports ground vehicle blocking their turn out of parking to get their attention and allow the closing of a communications panel which had been left open.