<< >> NASA ASRS Report 840954, June 2009

B737 flight crew reported ground equipment operator approaching #2 engine; which was running at the gate. Following the captain's pre-briefing; engine was quickly shut down by the first officer.

Attributes
ACN	840954
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 5650 Flight Crew Type 3652
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Due to APU deferral; we left the #2 engine running when we arrived at the gate (for cooling on a 86 degree day.) after we stopped the aircraft with the parking brake set; the nosewheel was chocked; and the woman driving the belt loader started approaching the aircraft in front of the running #2 engine. I (first officer) immediately shut down the #2 engine to avoid injury to coworker. Engine shut down normally; and nothing was ingested into the intake.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported ground equipment operator approaching #2 engine; which was running at the gate. Following the Captain's pre-briefing; engine was quickly shut down by the First Officer.

Narrative: Due to APU deferral; we left the #2 engine running when we arrived at the gate (for cooling on a 86 degree day.) After we stopped the aircraft with the parking brake set; the nosewheel was chocked; and the woman driving the belt loader started approaching the aircraft in front of the RUNNING #2 engine. I (First Officer) immediately shut down the #2 engine to avoid injury to coworker. Engine shut down normally; and nothing was ingested into the intake.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.