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Light transport aircraft. Crew departed gate with insufficient fuel. Aircraft given fuel load for another flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 409615 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Jetstream 31 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 409615 |
| 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 | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While doing preflight, noticed fuel load approximately 1300 pounds. Also saw fuel truck fueling our plane. (Asked fueler how much fuel he was going to put on the plane. He said 38 gals/side.) I did not realize he was done fueling, and went inside to get our paperwork. I signed release, because I saw approximately 1300 pounds and thought fuel truck was going to put another 38 gals/side. While taxiing out asked first officer to double check and verify our minimum fuel. Realized then we did not have enough fuel (minimum fuel 1525 pounds). We had 1400 pounds. Later learned operations had wrong fuel load from previous flight. We returned to the gate after realizing my mistake and got some extra fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT ACFT. CREW DEPARTED GATE WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL. ACFT GIVEN FUEL LOAD FOR ANOTHER FLT.
Narrative: WHILE DOING PREFLT, NOTICED FUEL LOAD APPROX 1300 LBS. ALSO SAW FUEL TRUCK FUELING OUR PLANE. (ASKED FUELER HOW MUCH FUEL HE WAS GOING TO PUT ON THE PLANE. HE SAID 38 GALS/SIDE.) I DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS DONE FUELING, AND WENT INSIDE TO GET OUR PAPERWORK. I SIGNED RELEASE, BECAUSE I SAW APPROX 1300 LBS AND THOUGHT FUEL TRUCK WAS GOING TO PUT ANOTHER 38 GALS/SIDE. WHILE TAXIING OUT ASKED FO TO DOUBLE CHK AND VERIFY OUR MINIMUM FUEL. REALIZED THEN WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL (MINIMUM FUEL 1525 LBS). WE HAD 1400 LBS. LATER LEARNED OPS HAD WRONG FUEL LOAD FROM PREVIOUS FLT. WE RETURNED TO THE GATE AFTER REALIZING MY MISTAKE AND GOT SOME EXTRA FUEL.
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.