Narrative:

#1 fuel tank was overfueled. Some fuel spilled out. Local airport fire crews were advised and they came to take care of fuel spill. At the time of pushback no fuel was leaking from wingtips. As we taxied out we were advised by a ground vehicle and ground control that some fuel was spilling out of left wingtip. (This concurred with #1 fuel gauge still showing full.) fuel only spilled out during right turns. We felt very sure that the fuel spilling out was coming out of the surge tank and that the fuel would stop spilling out by the time we were ready for takeoff. There was no fuel spilling out (even during right turns) at the time of takeoff. Sea fire crews followed us to keep us advised and clean up any spillage. Supplemental information from acn 204285: the #1 fuel tank was overfilled to 12800 pounds when maximum limit was 12638 pounds.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT ACFT FUEL SPILL DURING TAXI FOR TKOF DUE TO AN UNNOTICED OVER FILLED FUEL TANK.

Narrative: #1 FUEL TANK WAS OVERFUELED. SOME FUEL SPILLED OUT. LCL ARPT FIRE CREWS WERE ADVISED AND THEY CAME TO TAKE CARE OF FUEL SPILL. AT THE TIME OF PUSHBACK NO FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM WINGTIPS. AS WE TAXIED OUT WE WERE ADVISED BY A GND VEHICLE AND GND CTL THAT SOME FUEL WAS SPILLING OUT OF L WINGTIP. (THIS CONCURRED WITH #1 FUEL GAUGE STILL SHOWING FULL.) FUEL ONLY SPILLED OUT DURING R TURNS. WE FELT VERY SURE THAT THE FUEL SPILLING OUT WAS COMING OUT OF THE SURGE TANK AND THAT THE FUEL WOULD STOP SPILLING OUT BY THE TIME WE WERE READY FOR TKOF. THERE WAS NO FUEL SPILLING OUT (EVEN DURING R TURNS) AT THE TIME OF TKOF. SEA FIRE CREWS FOLLOWED US TO KEEP US ADVISED AND CLEAN UP ANY SPILLAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 204285: THE #1 FUEL TANK WAS OVERFILLED TO 12800 POUNDS WHEN MAX LIMIT WAS 12638 POUNDS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.