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B737 captain is asked to hold a flag out out the window during taxi in and accidentally drops it. The flag was sucked into the number one engine.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 977058 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201110 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter FOD |
Narrative:
On taxi in; I opened the cockpit window to hold a flag out the window; the flag slipped out of my hand fell to the ground and went into the #1 engine. I was asked on taxi into the ramp to hold the flag out the window. I thought I had a good grip on it. After parking we did an inspection on the engine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain is asked to hold a flag out out the window during taxi in and accidentally drops it. The flag was sucked into the number one engine.
Narrative: On taxi in; I opened the cockpit window to hold a flag out the window; the flag slipped out of my hand fell to the ground and went into the #1 engine. I was asked on taxi into the ramp to hold the flag out the window. I thought I had a good grip on it. After parking we did an inspection on the engine.
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.