A L382 captain experiences a number four engine flame out pulling into the parking stand after a ferry flight. The aircraft had been flown with the number four main tank fuel gauge deferred.

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Attributes
ACN	1311222
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Hercules (C-130)/L100/382
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 105 Flight Crew Total 11780 Flight Crew Type 2940
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

In parking stand after operating a ferry flight with number 4 main fuel gauge deferred as per MEL; the number 4 engine flamed out. The number 4 main tank was subsequently found to be empty along with the number 3 main tank.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A L382 Captain experiences a number four engine flame out pulling into the parking stand after a ferry flight. The aircraft had been flown with the number four Main tank fuel gauge deferred.

Narrative: In Parking Stand after operating a ferry flight with number 4 Main fuel gauge deferred as per MEL; the number 4 engine flamed out. The number 4 Main tank was subsequently found to be empty along with the number 3 main tank.

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.