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After taxi to gate, before engine shut down, #1 engine ingested 2' ladder left 6' in front of engine inlet.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 104240 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198902 |
| Day | Wed |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11700 flight time type : 560 |
| ASRS Report | 104240 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Completed taxi to gate X at den. Just before engine shut down, ingested 2' maintenance ladder into #1 engine. The ladder had been left on a snow bank under the jetway 6' in front of the engine inlet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER TAXI TO GATE, BEFORE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, #1 ENGINE INGESTED 2' LADDER LEFT 6' IN FRONT OF ENGINE INLET.
Narrative: COMPLETED TAXI TO GATE X AT DEN. JUST BEFORE ENG SHUT DOWN, INGESTED 2' MAINT LADDER INTO #1 ENG. THE LADDER HAD BEEN LEFT ON A SNOW BANK UNDER THE JETWAY 6' IN FRONT OF THE ENG INLET.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.