MD80 crew departed with less than required fuel.

Attributes
ACN	495671
Time
Date	200012
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl.airport
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Weather Elements	Ice Snow Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer instruction : instructor oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 24000 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	495671
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 10470
ASRS Report	495350
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Routine IOE flight from stl to phx on a scheduled air carrier. Left seat was transition captain, right seat was training captain, during rushed plane change in stl. Insufficient fuel was boarded to complete the flight with required reserves. Instruction, foul WX/deicing procedures, and conflicting company issued fuel and weight computer forms helped cause the situation. Diversion into alb was coordinated with company flight dispatch department. Fixing the computer forms would have prevented this situation, but the root cause was pilot distraction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW DEPARTED WITH LESS THAN REQUIRED FUEL.

Narrative: ROUTINE IOE FLT FROM STL TO PHX ON A SCHEDULED ACR. L SEAT WAS TRANSITION CAPT, R SEAT WAS TRAINING CAPT, DURING RUSHED PLANE CHANGE IN STL. INSUFFICIENT FUEL WAS BOARDED TO COMPLETE THE FLT WITH REQUIRED RESERVES. INSTRUCTION, FOUL WX/DEICING PROCS, AND CONFLICTING COMPANY ISSUED FUEL AND WT COMPUTER FORMS HELPED CAUSE THE SIT. DIVERSION INTO ALB WAS COORDINATED WITH COMPANY FLT DISPATCH DEPT. FIXING THE COMPUTER FORMS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS SIT, BUT THE ROOT CAUSE WAS PLT DISTR.

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.