COMMUTER ACFT STARTS ENG AND BEGINS TAXI WHILE AN AGENT IS STILL UNLOADING BAGS.

1995-02 · NASA ASRS report 296126

Date: 1995-02 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

Synopsis

COMMUTER ACFT STARTS ENG AND BEGINS TAXI WHILE AN AGENT IS STILL UNLOADING BAGS.

Narrative

MY CAPT AND MYSELF FINISHED A 13 HR; 8 LEG DAY WITH AN ILS APCH TO LEBANON; NH ARPT WHERE WE ARE BASED. (WE FLEW THE 2 WAYS PRIOR ALSO). BEING WINTER OUR ACFT ARE HANGARED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARPT SO WE OFF-LOAD OUR PAX AND BAGS KEEPING OUR #2 ENG RUNNING FOR A QUICK IN AND OUT OF THE RAMP AREA. ON THIS NIGHT; AFTER THE PAX GOT OFF ONE OF OUR AGENTS WAS UNLOADING BAGS BEHIND THE #1 ENG AND WHILE TRYING TO HURRY WE THOUGHT HE WAS DONE AND THE CAPT STARTED THE ENG AND PROCEEDED TO BEGIN TO TAXI OFF THE GATE WITH THE CARGO DOOR OPEN AND OUR AGENT BEHIND THE WING. (WE ONLY TAXIED ABOUT 10 FT BEFORE NOTICING THE AFT CARGO DOOR LIGHT ON AND STOPPED). THE AGENT WAS BLOWN ACROSS THE GND BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SNOWING AND THE RAMP WAS SLIPPERY SO WE NEEDED A FAIR AMOUNT OF PWR TO MOVE. OUR WHEELS; WERE CHOCKED BUT THEY JUST SLID ALSO. BEHIND US WAS ANOTHER BE-1900 FOR ANOTHER COMPANY WITH ITS ENGS RUNNING AS HE WAS ALSO GETTING READY TO TAXI TO THE HANGER. OUR AGENT WAS A LITTLE SHAKEN UP AS HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE BLOWN INTO THE OTHER PLANE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A VERY STUPID MISTAKE ON BOTH MINE AND THE CAPT'S PART. WE RUSHED WHEN WE SHOULD NOT HAVE AND ALSO I THINK BEING TIRED HAD SOME IMPACT ON OUR VERY POOR AWARENESS AND COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT LEVEL. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO ALWAYS WAIT FOR A RAMP AGENT TO CLR YOU TO START RATHER THAN CLRING YOURSELF. ALSO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SINGLE ENG TURNS ARE WISE EITHER. THEY CAUSE RUSHING. ATC (GND CTL) WAS NOT INVOLVED.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

Loading the flight search…

Frequently asked questions

How do I search flights by aircraft type on FlightFinder?

Pick an aircraft model — Boeing 737, Airbus A320, A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and more — enter your origin airport, and FlightFinder shows every route that plane flies from there with live fares.

Which aircraft types can I filter by?

We support Boeing 737/747/757/767/777/787, the full Airbus A220/A319/A320/A321/A330/A340/A350/A380 family, Embraer E170/E175/E190/E195, Bombardier CRJ and Dash 8, and the ATR 42/72 turboprops.

Is FlightFinder free to use?

Search and schedules are free. Pro ($4.99/month, $39/year, or $99 one-time lifetime) unlocks the enriched flight card — on-time stats, CO₂ per passenger, amenities, live gate & weather — plus My Trips with push alerts.

Where does the route data come from?

Live schedules come from Amadeus, AeroDataBox and Travelpayouts. Observed routes (which aircraft actually flew a given city pair) are crowdsourced from adsb.lol ADS-B data under the Open Database License.