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Air carrier freight hauler is dispatched with inadequate fuel based on lighted cargo payload than actual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 223735 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : bgr |
| State Reference | ME |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 14000 |
| ASRS Report | 223735 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Excessive fuel consumption en route resulted in unscheduled fuel stop. Computer generated flight plan was based on wrong cargo load resulting in insufficient fuel loaded for flight. This was, apparently, caused by typographical error by the ramp agent requesting the flight plan and was overlooked by flight crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FREIGHT HAULER IS DISPATCHED WITH INADEQUATE FUEL BASED ON LIGHTED CARGO PAYLOAD THAN ACTUAL.
Narrative: EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION ENRTE RESULTED IN UNSCHEDULED FUEL STOP. COMPUTER GENERATED FLT PLAN WAS BASED ON WRONG CARGO LOAD RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT FUEL LOADED FOR FLT. THIS WAS, APPARENTLY, CAUSED BY TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR BY THE RAMP AGENT REQUESTING THE FLT PLAN AND WAS OVERLOOKED BY FLC.
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.