Engine ingestion of radio left at engine inlet by lineman.

Attributes
ACN	184905
Time
Date	199107
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rvs
State Reference	OK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	184905
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 79 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 25
ASRS Report	184906
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft was preflted. Crew went inside and gave a ramp time. Aircraft was ramped. Crew inspected fuel caps, nose gear pin and I completed a quick walk around which included looking at each inlet for foreign objects. Passenger arrived. Crew started right hand engine first. Shut down engine due to abrupt noise. Secured aircraft. Found linemen's hand held radio laying on ramp in pieces. Engine showed evidence of radio parts through entire engine. Lineman admitted to laying radio in engine inlet, so he would not scratch paint.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG INGESTION OF RADIO LEFT AT ENG INLET BY LINEMAN.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PREFLTED. CREW WENT INSIDE AND GAVE A RAMP TIME. ACFT WAS RAMPED. CREW INSPECTED FUEL CAPS, NOSE GEAR PIN AND I COMPLETED A QUICK WALK AROUND WHICH INCLUDED LOOKING AT EACH INLET FOR FOREIGN OBJECTS. PAX ARRIVED. CREW STARTED R HAND ENG FIRST. SHUT DOWN ENG DUE TO ABRUPT NOISE. SECURED ACFT. FOUND LINEMEN'S HAND HELD RADIO LAYING ON RAMP IN PIECES. ENG SHOWED EVIDENCE OF RADIO PARTS THROUGH ENTIRE ENG. LINEMAN ADMITTED TO LAYING RADIO IN ENG INLET, SO HE WOULD NOT SCRATCH PAINT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.