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Flight crew of air carrier medium large transport operated with less than required fuel for proposed flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 268148 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 268148 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During normal flight following -- noticed flight departed ord with a fuel 1700 pounds below minimum dispatch release fuel. I received no call from the captain or the load agent concerning the lower fuel. Flight was illegal for dispatch and takeoff. He had point-to-point but not the whole 45 min reserve. Left fuel quantity cockpit indicator was placarded inoperative. Flight landed safely at pittsburgh.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF ACR MLG OPERATED WITH LESS THAN REQUIRED FUEL FOR PROPOSED FLT.
Narrative: DURING NORMAL FLT FOLLOWING -- NOTICED FLT DEPARTED ORD WITH A FUEL 1700 LBS BELOW MINIMUM DISPATCH RELEASE FUEL. I RECEIVED NO CALL FROM THE CAPT OR THE LOAD AGENT CONCERNING THE LOWER FUEL. FLT WAS ILLEGAL FOR DISPATCH AND TKOF. HE HAD POINT-TO-POINT BUT NOT THE WHOLE 45 MIN RESERVE. L FUEL QUANTITY COCKPIT INDICATOR WAS PLACARDED INOP. FLT LANDED SAFELY AT PITTSBURGH.
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.