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A dornier jet crew, pushing back at gsp, discovered they did not have release fuel on board and returned to the gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 537434 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200202 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gsp.airport |
| State Reference | SC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 537434 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Departed gate with insufficient fuel. With normal pushback of aircraft completed, initiated 'before start' checklist after gear pin was returned to cockpit. While following the before start checklist, noted fuel was below planned fuel. Returned to the gate. Fueled aircraft, then departed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DORNIER JET CREW, PUSHING BACK AT GSP, DISCOVERED THEY DID NOT HAVE RELEASE FUEL ON BOARD AND RETURNED TO THE GATE.
Narrative: DEPARTED GATE WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL. WITH NORMAL PUSHBACK OF ACFT COMPLETED, INITIATED 'BEFORE START' CHKLIST AFTER GEAR PIN WAS RETURNED TO COCKPIT. WHILE FOLLOWING THE BEFORE START CHKLIST, NOTED FUEL WAS BELOW PLANNED FUEL. RETURNED TO THE GATE. FUELED ACFT, THEN DEPARTED.
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.