Hi, can the 737-200 push themselves back with thrust reverser like the DC-9s?Bill

Although it may be possible, I've never seen it happen. I have heard that it is because the wing-mounted engines are so near the ground that FOD is more likely than on a DC-9. R-

Hello, I work for an airline and had the pilot of a 737-200 use reverse thrust to move away from a gate because a piece of disabled equipmentwas in the way. Not a good idea! When he deployed the reversers and applied enough throttle to move the aircraft, it began to peel asphalt off of the ramp big time. You have no idea how much thrust is produced by those engines. All I could think of was him sucking up one of those chunks of asphalt. There goes the engine and my career. Fortunately I was able to get him away from the gate without any damage. Needless to say,that was the last time I ever did that.

Well, I guess its possible to not practical.Thanks,Bill

Yes this is possible, every plane can.. trust reserves produce alot of power but the problem is indeed like stated before the risk of sucking up big objects is too high.

John Noppe

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>Hi, can the 737-200 push themselves back with thrust reverser>like the DC-9s?>>BillHi Bill,The easy answer is yes but the long and correct answer is NO. The 737-200 can do a power-back but is now not approved to do so since the January 13, 1982 crash of an Air Florida 737-200 into the Patomac river in Washington, DC. The crew did a power-back off of the gate in a severe snow storm causing the engines to ingest large amounts of heavy wet snow from the apron which plugged the Pt2 ports (part of the engine EPR system which indicates total power) and created eronious indications of high thrust causing the crew to only use 71% power and eventually contributed to the crash and loss of 78 lives (74 on the AC and 4 on the ground).That being said, the 737 series is not approved for power-backs.Cheers,JohnBoeing 727/737 & Lockheed C-130/L-100 Mechanichttp://www.sstsim.com/images/team/JR.jpg