E120 crew did not complete the pushback, and engine start checklists in a sequential manner.

Attributes
ACN	424978
Time
Date	199901
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : evv
State Reference	IN
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	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : company check pilot oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 10177 flight time type : 2200
ASRS Report	424978
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain instruction : trainee
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I am a check airman for our company in the EMB120. I was doing an IOE observation with the FAA inspector on the jump seat. I was in the right seat and the new captain was in the left seat. Our company has a pushback procedure and one item on this procedure is to have the nose gear pinned while pushing back, with tow bar and tug. The procedure and checklists are organized as to: start both engines at the gate, then push the aircraft back and unhook the tow bar and remove the gear pin. The ground personnel did not seem to have a gear pin so the new captain elected to start the right engine at the gate, then push back. The aircraft has a set of gear pins in the cockpit, so the pin used was from the aircraft. After pushback, the pin would be handed back to the cockpit through the left window. Then the left engine was started. We finished both the checklists for engine start and pushback, then continued on with the taxi checklist. Normal operations from this point on for an uneventful flight. My only concern is that we started and stopped in the middle of both the start engine and pushback checklists. The FAA frowns on this I know.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E120 CREW DID NOT COMPLETE THE PUSHBACK, AND ENG START CHKLISTS IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER.

Narrative: I AM A CHK AIRMAN FOR OUR COMPANY IN THE EMB120. I WAS DOING AN IOE OBSERVATION WITH THE FAA INSPECTOR ON THE JUMP SEAT. I WAS IN THE R SEAT AND THE NEW CAPT WAS IN THE L SEAT. OUR COMPANY HAS A PUSHBACK PROC AND ONE ITEM ON THIS PROC IS TO HAVE THE NOSE GEAR PINNED WHILE PUSHING BACK, WITH TOW BAR AND TUG. THE PROC AND CHKLISTS ARE ORGANIZED AS TO: START BOTH ENGS AT THE GATE, THEN PUSH THE ACFT BACK AND UNHOOK THE TOW BAR AND REMOVE THE GEAR PIN. THE GND PERSONNEL DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE A GEAR PIN SO THE NEW CAPT ELECTED TO START THE R ENG AT THE GATE, THEN PUSH BACK. THE ACFT HAS A SET OF GEAR PINS IN THE COCKPIT, SO THE PIN USED WAS FROM THE ACFT. AFTER PUSHBACK, THE PIN WOULD BE HANDED BACK TO THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE L WINDOW. THEN THE L ENG WAS STARTED. WE FINISHED BOTH THE CHKLISTS FOR ENG START AND PUSHBACK, THEN CONTINUED ON WITH THE TAXI CHKLIST. NORMAL OPS FROM THIS POINT ON FOR AN UNEVENTFUL FLT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE STARTED AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH THE START ENG AND PUSHBACK CHKLISTS. THE FAA FROWNS ON THIS I KNOW.

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.