Ground personnel injury from jet blast of taxiing widebody transport.

Attributes
ACN	255056
Time
Date	199310
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fra
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : company check pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 9850 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	255056
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Inbound to arrival gate after landing we began to pass by our assigned gate when I realized that the captain thought our gate was beyond. I told him to stop, ground control advised us to hold our position, which I acknowledged. After being cleared by a ground observer, we received clearance from ground control to proceed to the gate. We executed a 90 degree right turn using maximum ground power (40 percent N1) on engine #3 to make the turn. Remainder of taxi was normal. The following morning we were informed that an apparent injury had occurred from our engine blast. This was relayed to us by our station manager, who had been told 6 hours after the alleged injury. We did not exceed any limitations, were diverted by ground control at all times, and saw no evidence of anything unusual in terms of ground equipment being moved, or anyone indicating that an injury had taken place. Several agents stationed on the ground at the time have provided written testimony supporting the fact that nothing was out of the ordinary at the time of the alleged incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GND PERSONNEL INJURY FROM JET BLAST OF TAXIING WDB.

Narrative: INBOUND TO ARR GATE AFTER LNDG WE BEGAN TO PASS BY OUR ASSIGNED GATE WHEN I REALIZED THAT THE CAPT THOUGHT OUR GATE WAS BEYOND. I TOLD HIM TO STOP, GND CTL ADVISED US TO HOLD OUR POS, WHICH I ACKNOWLEDGED. AFTER BEING CLRED BY A GND OBSERVER, WE RECEIVED CLRNC FROM GND CTL TO PROCEED TO THE GATE. WE EXECUTED A 90 DEG R TURN USING MAX GND PWR (40 PERCENT N1) ON ENG #3 TO MAKE THE TURN. REMAINDER OF TAXI WAS NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE WERE INFORMED THAT AN APPARENT INJURY HAD OCCURRED FROM OUR ENG BLAST. THIS WAS RELAYED TO US BY OUR STATION MGR, WHO HAD BEEN TOLD 6 HRS AFTER THE ALLEGED INJURY. WE DID NOT EXCEED ANY LIMITATIONS, WERE DIVERTED BY GND CTL AT ALL TIMES, AND SAW NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING UNUSUAL IN TERMS OF GND EQUIP BEING MOVED, OR ANYONE INDICATING THAT AN INJURY HAD TAKEN PLACE. SEVERAL AGENTS STATIONED ON THE GND AT THE TIME HAVE PROVIDED WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUPPORTING THE FACT THAT NOTHING WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT.

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.