A300 crew had #1 engine suck up a preconditioned air hose when being marshaled in to the gate.

Attributes
ACN	568189
Time
Date	200211
Day	Thu
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	568189
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng vibration other flight crewa other flight crewb
Consequence	other other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

FOD, #1 engine. On taxi in at mia with wing walkers and sterile ramp, #1 sucked in a preconditioned air hose. Aircraft was stopped immediately. Head marshaler signaled to continue straight ahead, utilized hand signals toward #1 engine. Marshaler showed disdain and then gave stop signal. Taxi speed 1 KT prior to engine vibration.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 CREW HAD #1 ENG SUCK UP A PRECONDITIONED AIR HOSE WHEN BEING MARSHALED IN TO THE GATE.

Narrative: FOD, #1 ENG. ON TAXI IN AT MIA WITH WING WALKERS AND STERILE RAMP, #1 SUCKED IN A PRECONDITIONED AIR HOSE. ACFT WAS STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. HEAD MARSHALER SIGNALED TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD, UTILIZED HAND SIGNALS TOWARD #1 ENG. MARSHALER SHOWED DISDAIN AND THEN GAVE STOP SIGNAL. TAXI SPD 1 KT PRIOR TO ENG VIBRATION.

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.