Narrative:

Location: ramp at sju. Standard pushback. Started 3 engines and normal taxi. I was debriefed by chief pilot that there was a maintenance crew working on a scaffold at the tail of a B727 parked at the next gate. They were working high on the tail and complained that the jetblast from our aircraft shook the scaffold and made them lose their balance. No injuries or damage. I feel I did not use excessive power for taxi, but men that high on a scaffold are in a tenuous position. Next time I will have the tug driver push us to a safer position for taxi. Suggest a reminder call from ramp control or from the push crews, as if often done, to protect our people from jet blast. Supplemental information from acn 431542: in retrospect it would have been better if the tug pushed us back to a safer position, and/or if the ramp tower had given a reminder call about using caution for the working crew.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CREW LEARNED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER INCIDENT THAT UPON LEAVING THE GATE AREA, JET BLAST HAD SHAKEN A MAINT CREW WORKING ON A SCAFFOLD.

Narrative: LOCATION: RAMP AT SJU. STANDARD PUSHBACK. STARTED 3 ENGS AND NORMAL TAXI. I WAS DEBRIEFED BY CHIEF PLT THAT THERE WAS A MAINT CREW WORKING ON A SCAFFOLD AT THE TAIL OF A B727 PARKED AT THE NEXT GATE. THEY WERE WORKING HIGH ON THE TAIL AND COMPLAINED THAT THE JETBLAST FROM OUR ACFT SHOOK THE SCAFFOLD AND MADE THEM LOSE THEIR BAL. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. I FEEL I DID NOT USE EXCESSIVE PWR FOR TAXI, BUT MEN THAT HIGH ON A SCAFFOLD ARE IN A TENUOUS POS. NEXT TIME I WILL HAVE THE TUG DRIVER PUSH US TO A SAFER POS FOR TAXI. SUGGEST A REMINDER CALL FROM RAMP CTL OR FROM THE PUSH CREWS, AS IF OFTEN DONE, TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM JET BLAST. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 431542: IN RETROSPECT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF THE TUG PUSHED US BACK TO A SAFER POS, AND/OR IF THE RAMP TWR HAD GIVEN A REMINDER CALL ABOUT USING CAUTION FOR THE WORKING CREW.

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.