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A B737-300 being parked on a gate with guidance the #1 engine struck an improperly parked air conditioning truck and ingested the air hose.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 478328 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200007 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : parking |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 478328 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 478032 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : fod ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
We were taxiing in to gate X at ZZZ at night with the #1 engine operating. We had wing walkers on both wings and a lead-in marshaller. The gate area looked clear and we had a thumbs up from both wing walkers and the marshaller all the way in to the gate. As the aircraft approached the stopping point, I added a little power, approximately 30% N1. As we stopped the aircraft, we heard a noise and felt an aircraft vibration from the left side of the aircraft. I called for the shutdown of the #1 engine. The copilot shut down the engine and the engine bleed. The #1 engine had ingested the external air conditioning hose.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 BEING PARKED ON A GATE WITH GUIDANCE THE #1 ENG STRUCK AN IMPROPERLY PARKED AIR CONDITIONING TRUCK AND INGESTED THE AIR HOSE.
Narrative: WE WERE TAXIING IN TO GATE X AT ZZZ AT NIGHT WITH THE #1 ENG OPERATING. WE HAD WING WALKERS ON BOTH WINGS AND A LEAD-IN MARSHALLER. THE GATE AREA LOOKED CLR AND WE HAD A THUMBS UP FROM BOTH WING WALKERS AND THE MARSHALLER ALL THE WAY IN TO THE GATE. AS THE ACFT APCHED THE STOPPING POINT, I ADDED A LITTLE PWR, APPROX 30% N1. AS WE STOPPED THE ACFT, WE HEARD A NOISE AND FELT AN ACFT VIBRATION FROM THE L SIDE OF THE ACFT. I CALLED FOR THE SHUTDOWN OF THE #1 ENG. THE COPLT SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND THE ENG BLEED. THE #1 ENG HAD INGESTED THE EXTERNAL AIR CONDITIONING HOSE.
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.