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An A320 flight crew refused their aircraft and canceled the flight when fuel gauge discrepancies occurred followed by the discovery of significant amounts of water in the fuel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1089975 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201305 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Quantity-Pressure Indication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
[After fueling was complete] we showed 32.2K on the total fuel quantity gauge and adding the individual fuel quantity gauges together agreed. During the before start checklist; however; the left inboard fuel gauge lost 2;000 pounds and the total fuel quantity gauge showed the 2;000 pounds lost as well.maintenance was called and drained 2.5 gallons of water from the left main tank and a company mechanic stated that fuel sample checks were not being performed as required. Ultimately; mechanics could not fix problem and we refused the aircraft due to class 2 nav.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 flight crew refused their aircraft and canceled the flight when fuel gauge discrepancies occurred followed by the discovery of significant amounts of water in the fuel.
Narrative: [After fueling was complete] we showed 32.2K on the total fuel quantity gauge and adding the individual fuel quantity gauges together agreed. During the Before Start Checklist; however; the left inboard fuel gauge lost 2;000 LBS and the total fuel quantity gauge showed the 2;000 LBS lost as well.Maintenance was called and drained 2.5 gallons of water from the left main tank and a company Mechanic stated that fuel sample checks were not being performed as required. Ultimately; mechanics could not fix problem and we refused the aircraft due to class 2 nav.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.