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An A320 captain reported a ground crewman walked behind the operating right engine of the jet to check the closure status of the aft cargo door.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 952147 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MSY.Airport |
| State Reference | LA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cargo Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird |
Narrative:
After push back and release from guidance with both engines running; the push crew approached the aircraft on the left side and gave the stop signal and then reconnected to the headset. I was informed by the tug driver that they had seen a latch possibly unlatched on the aft cargo door. I informed her not to approach the aircraft until we had shut down the number 2 engine. As the first officer was setting up to do this; a ramp employee walked behind the running number 2 engine and re-checked the latch. As soon as the tow operator told me what had happened; we immediately shut down the number 2 engine; however; he was already behind it. Both the tug operator and the operations agent who could see what was going on from operations were shocked at how dangerous his action was. I strongly feel that the msy station chief should instruct msy personnel in the safety fan of a jet engine; as someone could have been seriously injured in this event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 Captain reported a ground crewman walked behind the operating right engine of the jet to check the closure status of the aft cargo door.
Narrative: After push back and release from guidance with both engines running; the push crew approached the aircraft on the left side and gave the stop signal and then reconnected to the headset. I was informed by the tug driver that they had seen a latch possibly unlatched on the aft cargo door. I informed her not to approach the aircraft until we had shut down the number 2 engine. As the First Officer was setting up to do this; a ramp employee walked behind the running number 2 engine and re-checked the latch. As soon as the tow operator told me what had happened; we immediately shut down the number 2 engine; however; he was already behind it. Both the tug operator and the operations agent who could see what was going on from operations were shocked at how dangerous his action was. I strongly feel that the MSY station chief should instruct MSY personnel in the safety fan of a jet engine; as someone could have been seriously injured in this event.
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.