EA30 was being fueled without the fuel truck or aircraft being grounded.

Attributes
ACN	458117
Time
Date	199912
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground other : fueling
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	458117
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

Aircraft refueling. While refueling the aircraft, there was no grounding wire between the aircraft and the fueling truck. When challenged, the fueler advised that the hose hook-up from the ground to the aircraft was ok. This is news to me. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: even though the captain requested a company reply, no answer was received. Reporter states that all other stations use fuel truck grounding, even other fuelers at jfk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EA30 WAS BEING FUELED WITHOUT THE FUEL TRUCK OR ACFT BEING GNDED.

Narrative: ACFT REFUELING. WHILE REFUELING THE ACFT, THERE WAS NO GNDING WIRE BTWN THE ACFT AND THE FUELING TRUCK. WHEN CHALLENGED, THE FUELER ADVISED THAT THE HOSE HOOK-UP FROM THE GND TO THE ACFT WAS OK. THIS IS NEWS TO ME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: EVEN THOUGH THE CAPT REQUESTED A COMPANY REPLY, NO ANSWER WAS RECEIVED. RPTR STATES THAT ALL OTHER STATIONS USE FUEL TRUCK GNDING, EVEN OTHER FUELERS AT JFK.

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.