An air carrier B767 flight crew inquires of their company's management about compliance with an airworthiness directive about center tank fuel limitations and what to do if these limitations are exceeded.

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Attributes
ACN	387200
Time
Date	199712
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : lirr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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
ASRS Report	387200
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	387199
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

How are we supposed to comply with B767 airworthiness directive that requires the center tank fuel to be less than 1000 pounds after fueling? Is it permissible to turn on the center tank pumps to defuel the center tank if there is 1700 pounds of fuel in the center tank? If this is ok can we do it with passenger onboard?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B767 FLC INQUIRES OF THEIR COMPANY'S MGMNT ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE ABOUT CTR TANK FUEL LIMITATIONS AND WHAT TO DO IF THESE LIMITATIONS ARE EXCEEDED.

Narrative: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO COMPLY WITH B767 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE THAT REQUIRES THE CTR TANK FUEL TO BE LESS THAN 1000 LBS AFTER FUELING? IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO TURN ON THE CTR TANK PUMPS TO DEFUEL THE CTR TANK IF THERE IS 1700 LBS OF FUEL IN THE CTR TANK? IF THIS IS OK CAN WE DO IT WITH PAX ONBOARD?

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.