Flight crew departs air taxi passenger flight without checking his fuel on board.

Attributes
ACN	279142
Time
Date	199407
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rdg
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 290 flight time total : 6600 flight time type : 5600
ASRS Report	279142
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landed after a 1:10 min flight from pit. Ordered 150 gallons when I called in range. Scheduled for a 15 min turn around and had to go into the terminal to use a bathroom. First officer also had to use the bathroom. He got out first and found that the gate agent/ramp person had boarded the passenger. I heard the final boarding call from the bathroom and rushed out to find the ramp agent in the aircraft with my WX package telling me 'you're late.' nice quick before start checklist (too quick) missed fuel quantity. No fuel item on taxi, takeoff or climb. So, here we are going back to pit with 15 min of fuel to spare. We called an en route station, hgr. Set up fueling and landed at our destination 10 mins late. I let a gate agent rush us out to make an unrealistic schedule work. Dumb. They also forgot to call the fuel truck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC DEPARTS AIR TAXI PAX FLT WITHOUT CHKING HIS FUEL ON BOARD.

Narrative: LANDED AFTER A 1:10 MIN FLT FROM PIT. ORDERED 150 GALLONS WHEN I CALLED IN RANGE. SCHEDULED FOR A 15 MIN TURN AROUND AND HAD TO GO INTO THE TERMINAL TO USE A BATHROOM. FO ALSO HAD TO USE THE BATHROOM. HE GOT OUT FIRST AND FOUND THAT THE GATE AGENT/RAMP PERSON HAD BOARDED THE PAX. I HEARD THE FINAL BOARDING CALL FROM THE BATHROOM AND RUSHED OUT TO FIND THE RAMP AGENT IN THE ACFT WITH MY WX PACKAGE TELLING ME 'YOU'RE LATE.' NICE QUICK BEFORE START CHKLIST (TOO QUICK) MISSED FUEL QUANTITY. NO FUEL ITEM ON TAXI, TKOF OR CLB. SO, HERE WE ARE GOING BACK TO PIT WITH 15 MIN OF FUEL TO SPARE. WE CALLED AN ENRTE STATION, HGR. SET UP FUELING AND LANDED AT OUR DEST 10 MINS LATE. I LET A GATE AGENT RUSH US OUT TO MAKE AN UNREALISTIC SCHEDULE WORK. DUMB. THEY ALSO FORGOT TO CALL THE FUEL TRUCK.

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.