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Air carrier captain reported the aircraft arrived from the maintenance hangar with switches and fueling in nonstandard conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1762852 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 165 Flight Crew Total 8133 Flight Crew Type 5465 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Arrived at aircraft on gate X to find both center tank pumps in the on position (ground power connected and fuel in the center tank) while the four main tank fuel pump switches were all positioned off. Called ZZZ on radio to attempt to ascertain who did this...aircraft supposedly came out of hangar; but not sure who moved it. The rest of the switches on the overhead were in a combination of terminating checklist positions and not.the hydraulic a quantity value was also 106% requiring a logbook entry and fix before departure. Is covid to blame for all of this?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported the aircraft arrived from the maintenance hangar with switches and fueling in nonstandard conditions.
Narrative: Arrived at aircraft on Gate X to find both center tank pumps in the ON position (GND PWR connected and fuel in the center tank) while the four main tank fuel pump switches were all positioned OFF. Called ZZZ on radio to attempt to ascertain who did this...aircraft supposedly came out of hangar; but not sure who moved it. The rest of the switches on the overhead were in a combination of terminating checklist positions and not.The hydraulic A quantity value was also 106% requiring a logbook entry and fix before departure. Is COVID to blame for all of this?
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.