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A B757 on preflight check was found to have fuel on board that was not compatible with the crew flight plan.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 363164 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 960 |
| ASRS Report | 363164 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We arrived late at our aircraft with several distractions during our origination preflight. One distraction was recent mechanical problems with an engine, and the other was 30000 pounds more fuel than the plan called for. We were planning a release of 29000 pounds of fuel, we had 60000 pounds. We made a call to dispatch originally to get more fuel before we realized we had 60000 pounds on board. Our balance was within limits, but after being distracted with our total fuel load I realized later our main tanks were not totally full. They were almost full. Our manual requires the mains to be full with the amount we had in the center tank. Although an alternate fuel confign is allowed with this confign and legal, this was not our plan. We were busy and I was concentrating on the total fuel indicator. I made a big deal with our operations people about this aircraft in regards to the fuel, the engine maintenance item, and the fact that the aircraft was on the gate and not cleaned. Normally with 60000 pounds of fuel the main tanks are generally full. Again concentrating on total fuel on board I missed checking the one main tank's quantity.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 ON PREFLT CHK WAS FOUND TO HAVE FUEL ON BOARD THAT WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CREW FLT PLAN.
Narrative: WE ARRIVED LATE AT OUR ACFT WITH SEVERAL DISTRACTIONS DURING OUR ORIGINATION PREFLT. ONE DISTR WAS RECENT MECHANICAL PROBS WITH AN ENG, AND THE OTHER WAS 30000 LBS MORE FUEL THAN THE PLAN CALLED FOR. WE WERE PLANNING A RELEASE OF 29000 LBS OF FUEL, WE HAD 60000 LBS. WE MADE A CALL TO DISPATCH ORIGINALLY TO GET MORE FUEL BEFORE WE REALIZED WE HAD 60000 LBS ON BOARD. OUR BAL WAS WITHIN LIMITS, BUT AFTER BEING DISTRACTED WITH OUR TOTAL FUEL LOAD I REALIZED LATER OUR MAIN TANKS WERE NOT TOTALLY FULL. THEY WERE ALMOST FULL. OUR MANUAL REQUIRES THE MAINS TO BE FULL WITH THE AMOUNT WE HAD IN THE CTR TANK. ALTHOUGH AN ALTERNATE FUEL CONFIGN IS ALLOWED WITH THIS CONFIGN AND LEGAL, THIS WAS NOT OUR PLAN. WE WERE BUSY AND I WAS CONCENTRATING ON THE TOTAL FUEL INDICATOR. I MADE A BIG DEAL WITH OUR OPS PEOPLE ABOUT THIS ACFT IN REGARDS TO THE FUEL, THE ENG MAINT ITEM, AND THE FACT THAT THE ACFT WAS ON THE GATE AND NOT CLEANED. NORMALLY WITH 60000 LBS OF FUEL THE MAIN TANKS ARE GENERALLY FULL. AGAIN CONCENTRATING ON TOTAL FUEL ON BOARD I MISSED CHKING THE ONE MAIN TANK'S QUANTITY.
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.