B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170; Flight Crew Total 17000; Flight Crew Type 6000
Training / Qualification; Communication Breakdown; Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Human Factors
Landing was uneventful and we taxied to the gate. After clearing gate area; turned Aircraft (A/C) into gate. I called for the First Officer (F/O) to shut down the number 2 engine. F/O accidentally started to shut down number 1 engine. I saw this out of the corner of my eye and stated not #1 shut down #2. F/O had moved the #1 start lever ever so slightly out of idle position. He put #1 back to idle and shut down the #2 engine.I did not know this; but ever so slight movement of start lever out of idle shuts down the engine. As a result; even though #1 start lever [was] placed back in idle; engine #1 shut down. Now with #2 shut down we were powerless taxiing [into the] gate. I stopped A/C. Made eye and verbal contact with ground personnel. Made and confirmed with ground personnel we were going to re-start the #1 engine to finish taxi to gate. Ground personnel gave us the all clear. We started the #1 engine and taxied the last 5 feet to the gate.
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A B-737 air crew; taxiing to the gate had a miscommunication between the pilots. The Captain commanded shutdown of Engine Number 2 but the copilot began to shutdown Engine Number 1. Realizing his mistake he returned the Number 1 start lever to the detent and shutdown Engine Number 2. As a result both engines were shutdown and the aircraft coasted to a stop five feet from the gate. They restarted Engine Number 1 to finish the taxi to the gate.