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Foreign object damage to the right engine of a B737 when it encountered a 3 ft pile of snow while maneuvering to avoid snow removal equipment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 569397 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200212 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : roc.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Fog |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| 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 : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 569397 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground less severe ground encounters : vehicle ground encounters other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airport |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Following a normal approach and landing to runway 4 in roc, aircraft was taxied clear of the end of runway to the gate. Several ground/snow removal vehicles were operating to left of aircraft so we moved to the right side of ramp. Blue taxi edge lights were clearly visible to the right. Aircraft taxied into approximately 3 ft high snow pile and became stuck. Right engine ingested snow, resulting in FOD. Contributing factors were low visibility and no notice of piled snow on an active taxiway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE TO THE R ENG OF A B737 WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED A 3 FT PILE OF SNOW WHILE MANEUVERING TO AVOID SNOW REMOVAL EQUIP.
Narrative: FOLLOWING A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG TO RWY 4 IN ROC, ACFT WAS TAXIED CLR OF THE END OF RWY TO THE GATE. SEVERAL GND/SNOW REMOVAL VEHICLES WERE OPERATING TO L OF ACFT SO WE MOVED TO THE R SIDE OF RAMP. BLUE TAXI EDGE LIGHTS WERE CLRLY VISIBLE TO THE R. ACFT TAXIED INTO APPROX 3 FT HIGH SNOW PILE AND BECAME STUCK. R ENG INGESTED SNOW, RESULTING IN FOD. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE LOW VISIBILITY AND NO NOTICE OF PILED SNOW ON AN ACTIVE TXWY.
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.