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Mdt aircraft 5 mins after departure discovered the fuel load was improper. Reporter captain faults not completing the before start checklist -- fuel management.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 365924 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : clt |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : clt |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : clt |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 8800 |
| ASRS Report | 365924 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure 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:
Discovered that we did not have the proper fuel load 5 mins after departing clt, en route to hxd. Improper before start checklist management (ie, fuel quantity).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MDT ACFT 5 MINS AFTER DEP DISCOVERED THE FUEL LOAD WAS IMPROPER. RPTR CAPT FAULTS NOT COMPLETING THE BEFORE START CHKLIST -- FUEL MGMNT.
Narrative: DISCOVERED THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER FUEL LOAD 5 MINS AFTER DEPARTING CLT, ENRTE TO HXD. IMPROPER BEFORE START CHKLIST MGMNT (IE, FUEL 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.