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Aircraft was dispatched with inoperative center fuel quantity gauge but air carrier procedure requires a minimum fuel of 5400 pounds in the tank. Reporter dispatcher says that it is acceptable to have the inoperative gauge if captain, dispatcher and maintenance are in agreement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383170 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| 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 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 383170 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Flight was already fueled per flight plan and in compliance with airworthiness directive 29.19.15 with 5400 pounds of fuel in the center tank. Then center tank fuel quantity went inoperative. Have letter which says we can no longer apply MEL xxy. Applied MEL XXX and showed 5400 pounds as unusable and part of the zero fuel weight with concurrence of captain/dispatcher and maintenance coordinator.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH INOP CTR FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE BUT ACR PROC REQUIRES A MINIMUM FUEL OF 5400 LBS IN THE TANK. RPTR DISPATCHER SAYS THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THE INOP GAUGE IF CAPT, DISPATCHER AND MAINT ARE IN AGREEMENT.
Narrative: FLT WAS ALREADY FUELED PER FLT PLAN AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 29.19.15 WITH 5400 LBS OF FUEL IN THE CTR TANK. THEN CTR TANK FUEL QUANTITY WENT INOP. HAVE LETTER WHICH SAYS WE CAN NO LONGER APPLY MEL XXY. APPLIED MEL XXX AND SHOWED 5400 LBS AS UNUSABLE AND PART OF THE ZERO FUEL WT WITH CONCURRENCE OF CAPT/DISPATCHER AND MAINT COORDINATOR.
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.