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Ground personnel reported a hazardous condition from leaking fuel carts and fuel cart spillage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1702365 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201911 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp Vehicle Driver |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Our fueling carts are old and they leak badly. When our aircraft arrived; there was a 5 foot wide fuel leak. Ramp lead called it in to have someone address this issue. I ran a dog to airfreight and when I returned to the gate; the fueler was fueling in a 10 foot fuel spill and hadn't stopped the spill at the source and fueled in a puddle. When completed; his supervisor showed up and put fuel dry on it; like always. All of our gates have fuel dry stains where carts sit. 2 things; fueled in a fuel spill. With a spilling cart; and carts leaking; [it] caused an environmental issue. This is a daily issue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground Personnel reported a hazardous condition from leaking fuel carts and fuel cart spillage.
Narrative: Our fueling carts are old and they leak badly. When our aircraft arrived; there was a 5 foot wide fuel leak. Ramp Lead called it in to have someone address this issue. I ran a dog to airfreight and when I returned to the gate; the Fueler was fueling in a 10 foot fuel spill and hadn't stopped the spill at the source and fueled in a puddle. When completed; his Supervisor showed up and put fuel dry on it; like always. All of our gates have fuel dry stains where carts sit. 2 things; fueled in a fuel spill. With a spilling cart; and carts leaking; [it] caused an environmental issue. This is a daily issue.
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.