B747 captain reported fuel was correctly loaded onto the aircraft; but the crossfeed valve was left ...

Attributes
ACN	1346018
Time
Date	201604
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Crossfeed
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12456 Flight Crew Type 6114
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

Fuel was properly serviced. Somehow; I believe I managed to disable the fuel system logic on the aircraft during preflight and did not receive any EICAS message as to the improper open position of the crossfeed valves until the message low fuel quantity appeared. Override pumps were activated and fuel issue was resolved. Also; as a safety measure; I declared minimum fuel to approach control and we received clearance directly to outer marker fix for normal landing. This was simply because we wanted no delays attached to us during arrival. This was a ferry flight only. Part of our possible distraction was that we were not handled with efficiency at departure station and we were running nearly 1 hour late to start the first leg of a 4 leg charter operation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747 Captain reported fuel was correctly loaded onto the aircraft; but the crossfeed valve was left open. Error was not discovered until midflight. Aircrew applied appropriate switches to solve the issue; but still declared minimum fuel into the arrival airport.

Narrative: Fuel was properly serviced. Somehow; I believe I managed to disable the fuel system logic on the aircraft during preflight and did not receive any EICAS message as to the improper open position of the crossfeed valves until the message low fuel quantity appeared. Override pumps were activated and fuel issue was resolved. Also; as a safety measure; I declared minimum fuel to approach control and we received clearance directly to outer marker fix for normal landing. This was simply because we wanted no delays attached to us during arrival. This was a ferry flight only. Part of our possible distraction was that we were not handled with efficiency at departure station and we were running nearly 1 hour late to start the first leg of a 4 leg charter operation.

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.

B747 captain reported fuel was correctly loaded onto the aircraft; but the crossfeed valve was left open. Error was not discovered until midflight. Aircrew applied appropriate switches to solve the issue; but still declared minimum fuel into the arrival airport.