<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1724894, February 2020

A319 flight crew reported they were advised of an injury when a ramp employee walked behind a running engine while the aircraft was parked at the gate.

Attributes
ACN	1724894
Time
Date	202002
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 17000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Parked at gate with number one engine running; number two shutdown. While waiting for external power to be hooked up; APU inop. Ground worker walked behind running number one engine and was blown [to the ground] and suffered injuries.cause:not paying attention; distraction?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew reported they were advised of an injury when a ramp employee walked behind a running engine while the aircraft was parked at the gate.

Narrative: Parked at gate with number one engine running; number two shutdown. While waiting for external power to be hooked up; APU inop. Ground worker walked behind running number one engine and was blown [to the ground] and suffered injuries.Cause:Not paying attention; distraction?

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.