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B737 flight crew is informed during taxi out that engine thrust has blown over a provisioning stand in the gate area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 977281 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 186 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 168 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On taxi out; I received a radio call on company frequency from operations advising us that we had blown over a provisioning stand during initial taxi away from gate. No other information was forwarded to us. Under the current conditions; the stand was down wind of us; and due to the position of the aircraft near the terminal and the wet ramp at 36 degrees temperature; I had to use asymmetrical thrust to turn the aircraft 180 degrees for taxi out. [I recommend] pushing aircraft back further so that ground equipment is in full sight. Unstable equipment [should] not [be] left in an aircraft thrust area. Combination of thrust and current winds blew over provisioning stand.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew is informed during taxi out that engine thrust has blown over a provisioning stand in the gate area.
Narrative: On taxi out; I received a radio call on Company frequency from Operations advising us that we had blown over a provisioning stand during initial taxi away from gate. No other information was forwarded to us. Under the current conditions; the stand was down wind of us; and due to the position of the aircraft near the terminal and the wet ramp at 36 degrees temperature; I had to use asymmetrical thrust to turn the aircraft 180 degrees for taxi out. [I recommend] pushing aircraft back further so that ground equipment is in full sight. Unstable equipment [should] not [be] left in an aircraft thrust area. Combination of thrust and current winds blew over provisioning stand.
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.