B767 INGESTS SELF INDUCED FOD DURING XBLEED START.
Synopsis
B767 INGESTS SELF INDUCED FOD DURING XBLEED START.
Narrative
APU WAS MEL'ED INOP. R ENG WAS STARTED AT THE GATE AND WE PUSHED BACK AFTER START. WHEN BRAKES WERE SET FOR DISCONNECT I ASKED THE TUG DRIVER IF IT WAS CLR AND IF THERE WAS ROOM BEHIND ACFT TO MAKE A XBLEED START. HE SAID YES. FO CALLED GND TO CHK IF CLR BEHIND ACFT FOR THE XBLEED START. GND CTL SAID IT WAS CLR. WE HAD A 10 KT TAILWIND UP THE ENG TAILPIPE WHICH CAUSED A LONGER START TIME TO STABILIZE THE ENG. I PUSHED UP THE R ENG FOR MORE DUCT PRESSURE TO START THE L ENG. A TUG PASSED BEHIND ACFT DURING START AND A CARGO CAN WAS BLOWN OVER. THE TRASH INSIDE THE CAN WAS BLOWN AROUND AND A BLACK PLASTIC BAG WAS SUCKED INTO THE R ENG. WE FELT A SHUDDER WITH NO EGT RISE AND WE SHUT DOWN R ENG FOR FOD. AFTER TAXI BACK TO GATE; MAINT FOUND SOME BLACK PLASTIC AND NEWSPAPER STUCK IN THE R ENG WHICH HE REMOVED. A TEST RUN ON THE R ENG WAS NORMAL AND THE LOGBOOK WAS SIGNED OFF. NO FURTHER PROBS OCCURRED ON THE FLT FROM RSW. EVEN THOUGH CARE WAS USED TO CLR BEHIND ACFT; A LOT OF UNCTLED TFC MOVES AROUND THE AIRPLANES. NOISE CAN BE MISSED WITH ALL THIS ACTIVITY. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN ACFT ARE STARTING OR BEING MOVED.
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