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A B737 flight crew reported the first officer noticed on his walk-around that the aircraft was being fueled with no one present and the grounding wire was also not attached.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1340313 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During walk around; first officer noticed the fueler was absent from his position and nowhere to be seen as fuel was being pumped into the aircraft. The ground wire was on the ramp and not attached to the aircraft. This was an unsafe condition.fueling personnel follow SOP.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 flight crew reported the First Officer noticed on his walk-around that the aircraft was being fueled with no one present and the grounding wire was also not attached.
Narrative: During walk around; First Officer noticed the fueler was absent from his position and nowhere to be seen as fuel was being pumped into the aircraft. The ground wire was on the ramp and not attached to the aircraft. This was an UNSAFE condition.Fueling Personnel follow SOP.
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.