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The flight crew started and ran engine while refueling aircraft in contravention of company published procedures.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303587 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msy |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 2900 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 303587 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5100 |
| ASRS Report | 303588 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After engine start to cool the cabin, we noticed that our flight operations manual prohibited engine operation during refueling. Our flight operations manual prohibits changing power sources during fueling, so the engine remained running. No occurrences.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLC STARTED AND RAN ENG WHILE REFUELING ACFT IN CONTRAVENTION OF COMPANY PUBLISHED PROCS.
Narrative: AFTER ENG START TO COOL THE CABIN, WE NOTICED THAT OUR FLT OPS MANUAL PROHIBITED ENG OP DURING REFUELING. OUR FLT OPS MANUAL PROHIBITS CHANGING PWR SOURCES DURING FUELING, SO THE ENG REMAINED RUNNING. NO OCCURRENCES.
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.