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Flight crew of fokker 100 is unable to start #1 engine for taxi out. Trying to leave the gate area on 1 engine they boost power higher than normal and jetway is damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 391583 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hsv |
| State Reference | AL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 10900 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 391583 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On engine start, #1 engine would not start due to insufficient APU air pressure. #2 started ok. Our idea was to taxi away from the gate area to run up #2 to boost APU air pressure to assist start on #1. There was an MD80 parked on the next gate to the right. In order to turn inside of that aircraft, steering was maximum right turn, and turning into the operating engine, power was above normal taxi power. The close proximity of the gate to the operating engine and the use of above normal taxi power resulted in damage to the jetway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF FOKKER 100 IS UNABLE TO START #1 ENG FOR TAXI OUT. TRYING TO LEAVE THE GATE AREA ON 1 ENG THEY BOOST PWR HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND JETWAY IS DAMAGED.
Narrative: ON ENG START, #1 ENG WOULD NOT START DUE TO INSUFFICIENT APU AIR PRESSURE. #2 STARTED OK. OUR IDEA WAS TO TAXI AWAY FROM THE GATE AREA TO RUN UP #2 TO BOOST APU AIR PRESSURE TO ASSIST START ON #1. THERE WAS AN MD80 PARKED ON THE NEXT GATE TO THE R. IN ORDER TO TURN INSIDE OF THAT ACFT, STEERING WAS MAX R TURN, AND TURNING INTO THE OPERATING ENG, PWR WAS ABOVE NORMAL TAXI PWR. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE GATE TO THE OPERATING ENG AND THE USE OF ABOVE NORMAL TAXI PWR RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE JETWAY.
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.