Flight crew of an medium large transport returned to the gate for an inspection of the engine after ingesting a plastic bag while holding in a line of aircraft for takeoff.

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Attributes
ACN	338529
Time
Date	199606
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	338529
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Stopped on taxiway a short of txwys east and Q. #4 for takeoff. Plastic bag blowing around in the air and was ingested into #2 engine. Engine parameters appeared okay. Aircraft returned to gate for inspection.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG RETURNED TO THE GATE FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE ENG AFTER INGESTING A PLASTIC BAG WHILE HOLDING IN A LINE OF ACFT FOR TKOF.

Narrative: STOPPED ON TXWY A SHORT OF TXWYS E AND Q. #4 FOR TKOF. PLASTIC BAG BLOWING AROUND IN THE AIR AND WAS INGESTED INTO #2 ENG. ENG PARAMETERS APPEARED OKAY. ACFT RETURNED TO GATE FOR INSPECTION.

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.