Late application of fuel heat attributed to task saturated of the so on a B727.

Attributes
ACN	530934
Time
Date	200111
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zme.artcc
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl single value : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : vacating altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	530934
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Task saturation resulted late application of required checklist items (fuel heat) for en route descent. No adverse results were noted. Saturated with calculating performance data, coordinating with company and managing fuel system.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LATE APPLICATION OF FUEL HEAT ATTRIBUTED TO TASK SATURATED OF THE SO ON A B727.

Narrative: TASK SATURATION RESULTED LATE APPLICATION OF REQUIRED CHKLIST ITEMS (FUEL HEAT) FOR ENRTE DSCNT. NO ADVERSE RESULTS WERE NOTED. SATURATED WITH CALCULATING PERFORMANCE DATA, COORDINATING WITH COMPANY AND MANAGING FUEL SYS.

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.