20000518016109I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737400 · White Plains, NY · May 18, 2000

Date
May 18, 2000 · 03:40 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Airport
Westchester County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PIDA
Aircraft
N37NY
Reported as
Boeing 737400
Reported engine
CFMINT CFM563C
People aboard
37
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,800 total6,200 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Due to construction in the area around the taxiway leading to the ramp, the captain shutdown the number 2 engine to prevent possible FOD engine damage. Upon arriving on the ramp, with only the left engine running, the captain was direct by the ground crew to make a series of left turns, toward the operating engine, into a parking position. The FBO has a policy of parking the passenger's cars near the aircraft parking area, and therefore as the aircraft made the last turn into its parking position it did not have enough inertia to keep rolling, anf came to a stop. The captain added thrust to the number 1 engine(the left engine), and the amount of thrust required to move the aircraft to its left, towards the engine producing the thrust, was sufficient to blow a compact car into three other cars, causing damage to the vehicles.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DUE TO CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA AROUND THE TAXIWAY LEADING TO THE RAMP, THE CAPTAIN SHUTDOWN THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE FOD ENGINE DAMAGE. UPON ARRIVING ON THE RAMP, WITH ONLY THE LEFT ENGINE RUNNING, THE CAPTAIN WAS DIRECT BY THE GROUND CREW TO MAKE A SERIES OF LEFT TURNS, TOWARD THE OPERATING ENGINE, INTO A PARKING POSITION. THE FBO HAS A POLICY OF PARKING THE PASSENGER'S CARS NEAR THE AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA, AND THEREFORE AS THE AIRCRAFT MADE THE LAST TURN INTO ITS PARKING POSITION IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INERTIA TO KEEP ROLLING, ANF CAME TO A STOP. THE CAPTAIN ADDED THRUST TO THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE(THE LEFT ENGINE), AND THE AMOUNT OF THRUST REQUIRED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS LEFT, TOWARDS THE ENGINE PRODUCING THE THRUST, WAS SUFFICIENT TO BLOW A COMPACT CAR INTO THREE OTHER CARS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES.