A B-737 air crew; taxiing to the gate had a miscommunication between the pilots. The captain commanded shutdown of engine number 2 but the copilot began to shutdown engine number 1. Realizing his mistake he returned the number 1 start lever to the detent and shutdown engine number 2. As a result both engines were shutdown and the aircraft coasted to a stop five feet from the gate. They restarted engine number 1 to finish the taxi to the gate.

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Attributes
ACN	1241657
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	DCA.Airport
State Reference	DC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Fuel Valve
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 13.5 Flight Crew Total 11500 Flight Crew Type 197
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Landing was uneventful and we taxied to the gate. After clearing gate area; turned aircraft (a/C) into gate. I called for the first officer (first officer) to shut down the number 2 engine. First officer accidentally started to shut down number 1 engine. I saw this out of the corner of my eye and stated not #1 shut down #2. First officer had moved the #1 start lever ever so slightly out of idle position. He put #1 back to idle and shut down the #2 engine.I did not know this; but ever so slight movement of start lever out of idle shuts down the engine. As a result; even though #1 start lever [was] placed back in idle; engine #1 shut down. Now with #2 shut down we were powerless taxiing [into the] gate. I stopped a/C. Made eye and verbal contact with ground personnel. Made and confirmed with ground personnel we were going to re-start the #1 engine to finish taxi to gate. Ground personnel gave us the all clear. We started the #1 engine and taxied the last 5 feet to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B-737 air crew; taxiing to the gate had a miscommunication between the pilots. The Captain commanded shutdown of Engine Number 2 but the copilot began to shutdown Engine Number 1. Realizing his mistake he returned the Number 1 start lever to the detent and shutdown Engine Number 2. As a result both engines were shutdown and the aircraft coasted to a stop five feet from the gate. They restarted Engine Number 1 to finish the taxi to the gate.

Narrative: Landing was uneventful and we taxied to the gate. After clearing gate area; turned Aircraft (A/C) into gate. I called for the First Officer (F/O) to shut down the number 2 engine. F/O accidentally started to shut down number 1 engine. I saw this out of the corner of my eye and stated not #1 shut down #2. F/O had moved the #1 start lever ever so slightly out of idle position. He put #1 back to idle and shut down the #2 engine.I did not know this; but ever so slight movement of start lever out of idle shuts down the engine. As a result; even though #1 start lever [was] placed back in idle; engine #1 shut down. Now with #2 shut down we were powerless taxiing [into the] gate. I stopped A/C. Made eye and verbal contact with ground personnel. Made and confirmed with ground personnel we were going to re-start the #1 engine to finish taxi to gate. Ground personnel gave us the all clear. We started the #1 engine and taxied the last 5 feet to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.