Dc-6 flight crew reports discovering a fuel leak on the number 2 nacelle after landing at a remote airport. The aircraft is grounded until maintenance can be summoned for repairs.

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Attributes
ACN	1152714
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	McDonnell Douglas Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Fuel System
Person 1
Function	Flight Engineer / Second Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After the landing the captain did a post flight walk around inspection of the aircraft. It was at this time that he found a fuel leak in the #2 engine nacelle. A call was made to company who in turn dispatched mechanics to evaluate the situation. The aircraft was determined [not to be airworthy].

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC-6 flight crew reports discovering a fuel leak on the number 2 nacelle after landing at a remote airport. The aircraft is grounded until Maintenance can be summoned for repairs.

Narrative: After the landing the Captain did a post flight walk around inspection of the aircraft. It was at this time that he found a fuel leak in the #2 engine nacelle. A call was made to company who in turn dispatched mechanics to evaluate the situation. The aircraft was determined [not to be airworthy].

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.