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Flight crew of an medium large transport forgot and left 1 engine running after deplaning at terminal gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 322805 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 322805 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On the second day of a 3 day trip, flew from lax to iah and parked at gate for a 1 hour layover before continuing to mia in the same aircraft with the same crew. Ran the parking checklist per normal procedures and got off the airplane to go eat. Upon return 30 mins later was informed by crew member that maintenance personnel had boarded the aircraft to shut down #1 engine, which I had left running. Although there had been some minor distractions during the last seconds of gate arrival, nothing out of the ordinary happened that I can recall. Both myself and the first officer did what we normally do and saw what we normally saw (or thought we saw -- expected to see?) during the parking checklist. After yrs of repetition of the same habits, I'm still at a loss as to how I managed to leave an engine running, but I do know that you can look right at something that always looks the same, and the one time it isn't, you can still swear that what you saw was the same as always. Time to slow down and pay attention to checklist discipline.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG FORGOT AND LEFT 1 ENG RUNNING AFTER DEPLANING AT TERMINAL GATE.
Narrative: ON THE SECOND DAY OF A 3 DAY TRIP, FLEW FROM LAX TO IAH AND PARKED AT GATE FOR A 1 HR LAYOVER BEFORE CONTINUING TO MIA IN THE SAME ACFT WITH THE SAME CREW. RAN THE PARKING CHKLIST PER NORMAL PROCS AND GOT OFF THE AIRPLANE TO GO EAT. UPON RETURN 30 MINS LATER WAS INFORMED BY CREW MEMBER THAT MAINT PERSONNEL HAD BOARDED THE ACFT TO SHUT DOWN #1 ENG, WHICH I HAD LEFT RUNNING. ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SOME MINOR DISTRACTIONS DURING THE LAST SECONDS OF GATE ARR, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENED THAT I CAN RECALL. BOTH MYSELF AND THE FO DID WHAT WE NORMALLY DO AND SAW WHAT WE NORMALLY SAW (OR THOUGHT WE SAW -- EXPECTED TO SEE?) DURING THE PARKING CHKLIST. AFTER YRS OF REPETITION OF THE SAME HABITS, I'M STILL AT A LOSS AS TO HOW I MANAGED TO LEAVE AN ENG RUNNING, BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU CAN LOOK RIGHT AT SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS LOOKS THE SAME, AND THE ONE TIME IT ISN'T, YOU CAN STILL SWEAR THAT WHAT YOU SAW WAS THE SAME AS ALWAYS. TIME TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTN TO CHKLIST DISCIPLINE.
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.