B737 first officer reports a ground crewman walking toward the forward cargo door controls with the ...

Narrative:

After landing runway 27 at san we exited the runway at B8. As we were going to gate we had a very short taxi; so we taxied slowly to give the engines their 3 minute cool down period. However because we had such a short taxi; we arrived at the gate with only 2 minutes cool down; and both engines still running. The ground crew immediately plugged in external power; and then continued to walk aft; towards the still operating #2 engine. I immediately reached down and moved the #2 start lever to cutoff while announcing 'shutting down #2'. Apparently the ground crewmember was going aft to open the fwd cargo door while #2 was still running and the anti-collision light still was on. After the flight the captain went downstairs and talked with the departure coordinator about the incident; but she didn't seem to be concerned about it and unaware of the fact that walking in front of an operating jet engine is dangerous.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reports a ground crewman walking toward the forward cargo door controls with the number two engine still running. The First Officer quickly shuts down the engine.

Narrative: After landing Runway 27 at SAN we exited the runway at B8. As we were going to gate we had a very short taxi; so we taxied slowly to give the engines their 3 minute cool down period. However because we had such a short taxi; we arrived at the gate with only 2 minutes cool down; and both engines still running. The ground crew immediately plugged in external power; and then continued to walk aft; towards the still operating #2 engine. I immediately reached down and moved the #2 start lever to cutoff while announcing 'shutting down #2'. Apparently the ground crewmember was going aft to open the fwd cargo door while #2 was still running and the anti-collision light still was on. After the flight the Captain went downstairs and talked with the Departure Coordinator about the incident; but she didn't seem to be concerned about it and unaware of the fact that walking in front of an operating jet engine is dangerous.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	988164
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SAN.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

B737 first officer reports a ground crewman walking toward the forward cargo door controls with the number two engine still running. The first officer quickly shuts down the engine.