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Captain of an air carrier widebody transport forgot to make a full fuel system test during preflight due to an MEL, boost pump inoperative, required provision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 385370 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : in d airport : ind |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 385370 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft had an inoperative fuel boost pump which required a full fuel system test after each refueling. I knew this but became distracted by problems with the APU. Test was never accomplished. I allowed myself to become distracted from one maintenance problem by another one.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN ACR WDB FORGOT TO MAKE A FULL FUEL SYS TEST DURING PREFLT DUE TO AN MEL, BOOST PUMP INOP, REQUIRED PROVISION.
Narrative: ACFT HAD AN INOP FUEL BOOST PUMP WHICH REQUIRED A FULL FUEL SYS TEST AFTER EACH REFUELING. I KNEW THIS BUT BECAME DISTRACTED BY PROBS WITH THE APU. TEST WAS NEVER ACCOMPLISHED. I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME DISTRACTED FROM ONE MAINT PROB BY ANOTHER ONE.
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.