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Embraer captain reported not following proper parking procedure for shutting down the engines which placed ramp employees in a hazardous situation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1487578 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201710 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Aircraft X was conducted with auxiliary power unit (APU) bleed inoperative. I chose not to use the APU at all. Upon arriving at gate I shut down #1 engine and waited to shut the other down until ground power was connected. The doors were disarmed and out of habit I shut off the beacon. It was off for about 10-20 seconds before I turned it back on realizing it needed to be on. After the aircraft was deplaned a employee; came up to the aircraft from the ramp and told me that a ground crew personnel approached the #2 engine while it was running to put a cone in front of it and was 'almost sucked in'. I called the on duty chief pilot to report the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Embraer Captain reported not following proper parking procedure for shutting down the engines which placed ramp employees in a hazardous situation.
Narrative: Aircraft X was conducted with Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) bleed inoperative. I chose not to use the APU at all. Upon arriving at gate I shut down #1 engine and waited to shut the other down until ground power was connected. The doors were disarmed and out of habit I shut off the beacon. It was off for about 10-20 seconds before I turned it back on realizing it needed to be on. After the aircraft was deplaned a employee; came up to the aircraft from the ramp and told me that a ground crew personnel approached the #2 Engine while it was running to put a cone in front of it and was 'almost sucked in'. I called the on duty chief pilot to report the incident.
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.