Narrative:

I was scheduled for a flight to ZZZ1 from ZZZ. I did a routine pre-flight and ordered fuel. When I completed my inspections a fuel truck had still not arrived but I had relayed my fuel request through comm center so I went inside assuming I would be fueled. I gathered my passengers and briefed them for the flight; but when I turned on the master battery I found that I had not received fuel. The passengers and I returned inside the terminal while we waited for fuel. Upon returning to the aircraft once fueled I was trying to hurry to get out without further delay. I had already briefed the passengers so I seated them and helped them secure their safety belts. I closed the doors did a walk around and checked the fuel cap then continued on with my normal flight duties and took the passengers to ZZZ1. Upon exiting the aircraft I realized that the passengers were not wearing their pfd's. This was remedied before the return flight. Not confirming my fuel before a flight and assuming that it would be correct was the first error that I made. Following procedure would have alleviated this mistake. When your normal flow or checklist is interrupted I know that I should be especially careful to assure items are not skipped; but I did not do this on this event. Lastly when switching between flights that do not require a pfd and ones that do I should incorporate this into a personal checklist.

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Title: ECC-130 Captain reported becoming distracted during the preflight on the outbound flight and forgetting to check that passengers were wearing their Personal Flotation Device; PFD.

Narrative: I was scheduled for a flight to ZZZ1 from ZZZ. I did a routine pre-flight and ordered fuel. When I completed my inspections a fuel truck had still not arrived but I had relayed my fuel request through comm center so I went inside assuming I would be fueled. I gathered my passengers and briefed them for the flight; but when I turned on the master battery I found that I had not received fuel. The passengers and I returned inside the terminal while we waited for fuel. Upon returning to the aircraft once fueled I was trying to hurry to get out without further delay. I had already briefed the passengers so I seated them and helped them secure their safety belts. I closed the doors did a walk around and checked the fuel cap then continued on with my normal flight duties and took the passengers to ZZZ1. Upon exiting the aircraft I realized that the passengers were not wearing their PFD's. This was remedied before the return flight. Not confirming my fuel before a flight and assuming that it would be correct was the first error that I made. Following procedure would have alleviated this mistake. When your normal flow or checklist is interrupted I know that I should be especially careful to assure items are not skipped; but I did not do this on this event. Lastly when switching between flights that do not require a PFD and ones that do I should incorporate this into a personal checklist.

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.