After parking; B757 first officer reports an air conditioning hose being ingested by the left engine...

Narrative:

Upon taxi in to the gate we noticed an air conditioning truck positioned to our left near the jetway. I brought this to the captains' attention and he acknowledged. I stated that it appeared to be a little close. We had a marshaller directing us in; a wing walker on the right side and a ramp agent near the nose wheel parking area just to the left of the lead in line. The captain continued in following the marshalers' directions. I mentioned that the truck appeared close to our path on the left side. The captain slowed his taxi and paid particular attention to the truck as he continued in. The marshaller continued to guide us in while watching the truck. The wing walker was giving us the all clear signal and the ramp agent to our left was also waving us in. As the truck went out of my view on the left I asked the captain once again how it was looking and he said it was outboard of the engine. Upon stopping on the assigned spot we kept the number one engine running while we waited on ground power to be connected. A few moments later we felt a vibration and the marshaller gave us the signal to shut the engine down. We shutdown the engine and found out we had ingested an air conditioning hose from the truck. We called maintenance and wrote up the incident in the log. We should have been more careful to make sure the truck was well clear of the taxi in area at the gate before proceeding in.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After parking; B757 First Officer reports an air conditioning hose being ingested by the left engine. The hose was attached to a truck parked inside the safety zone.

Narrative: Upon taxi in to the gate we noticed an air conditioning truck positioned to our left near the jetway. I brought this to the Captains' attention and he acknowledged. I stated that it appeared to be a little close. We had a marshaller directing us in; a wing walker on the right side and a ramp agent near the nose wheel parking area just to the left of the lead in line. The captain continued in following the marshalers' directions. I mentioned that the truck appeared close to our path on the left side. The Captain slowed his taxi and paid particular attention to the truck as he continued in. The marshaller continued to guide us in while watching the truck. The wing walker was giving us the all clear signal and the ramp agent to our left was also waving us in. As the truck went out of my view on the left I asked the Captain once again how it was looking and he said it was outboard of the engine. Upon stopping on the assigned spot we kept the number one engine running while we waited on ground power to be connected. A few moments later we felt a vibration and the marshaller gave us the signal to shut the engine down. We shutdown the engine and found out we had ingested an air conditioning hose from the truck. We called maintenance and wrote up the incident in the log. We should have been more careful to make sure the truck was well clear of the taxi in area at the gate before proceeding in.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	845432
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter FOD Ground Event / Encounter Object

After parking; B757 first officer reports an air conditioning hose being ingested by the left engine. The hose was attached to a truck parked inside the safety zone.