<< >> NASA ASRS Report 208300, April 1992

Commuter pilot requested to restart engine after preparing aircraft for overnight. Engine ingested inlet plug which was not removed.

Attributes
ACN	208300
Time
Date	199204
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alb
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	208300
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Started engine with inlet plug installed. Occurred after deboarding passenger and preparing airplane for overnight. Did a single engine turn, deboard passenger, put in #1 inlet plug and pitot covers. Another carrier pulled bag cart in front of plane. Tried to maneuver plane out of spot. Could not make turn. Ramp agent gave signal to start #1 and back up. Started #1 ingested plug. The inlet plug did not have 'remove before flight tag' or a device for the propeller to pull out plug during start. If these 2 very necessary items were in place this never would have happened. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: callback made to determine aircraft information and if any follow-up occurred. Aircraft small transport. Reporter terminated but challenging.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER PLT REQUESTED TO RESTART ENG AFTER PREPARING ACFT FOR OVERNIGHT. ENG INGESTED INLET PLUG WHICH WAS NOT REMOVED.

Narrative: STARTED ENG WITH INLET PLUG INSTALLED. OCCURRED AFTER DEBOARDING PAX AND PREPARING AIRPLANE FOR OVERNIGHT. DID A SINGLE ENG TURN, DEBOARD PAX, PUT IN #1 INLET PLUG AND PITOT COVERS. ANOTHER CARRIER PULLED BAG CART IN FRONT OF PLANE. TRIED TO MANEUVER PLANE OUT OF SPOT. COULD NOT MAKE TURN. RAMP AGENT GAVE SIGNAL TO START #1 AND BACK UP. STARTED #1 INGESTED PLUG. THE INLET PLUG DID NOT HAVE 'REMOVE BEFORE FLT TAG' OR A DEVICE FOR THE PROP TO PULL OUT PLUG DURING START. IF THESE 2 VERY NECESSARY ITEMS WERE IN PLACE THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: CALLBACK MADE TO DETERMINE ACFT INFO AND IF ANY FOLLOW-UP OCCURRED. ACFT SMT. RPTR TERMINATED BUT CHALLENGING.

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.