Dangerous fueling procedure, described as 'hot fueling,' of a dhc-6 twin otter jump aircraft at ZZZ,...

Attributes
ACN	543404
Time
Date	200204
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : charter
Make Model Name	Twin Otter DHC-6
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : observer
ASRS Report	543404
Person 2
Affiliation	company : charter
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : obs 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Apr/sun/02, at XA00 hours I observed the fueling of the twin otter aircraft owned by local jump school. The ground crewman was performing a hot fueling of the aircraft. The aircraft was positioned at the gate during this fueling operation with port and starboard engines at fast idle. The forward fuel fill fitting is located in the kill zone port side of the aircraft. The ground crew filled the forward port side fuel fitting with engines at fast idle. This is extremely dangerous due to the closeness of the active propeller to the worker.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DANGEROUS FUELING PROC, DESCRIBED AS 'HOT FUELING,' OF A DHC-6 TWIN OTTER JUMP ACFT AT ZZZ, US.

Narrative: APR/SUN/02, AT XA00 HRS I OBSERVED THE FUELING OF THE TWIN OTTER ACFT OWNED BY LCL JUMP SCHOOL. THE GND CREWMAN WAS PERFORMING A HOT FUELING OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS POSITIONED AT THE GATE DURING THIS FUELING OP WITH PORT AND STARBOARD ENGS AT FAST IDLE. THE FORWARD FUEL FILL FITTING IS LOCATED IN THE KILL ZONE PORT SIDE OF THE ACFT. THE GND CREW FILLED THE FORWARD PORT SIDE FUEL FITTING WITH ENGS AT FAST IDLE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF THE ACTIVE PROP TO THE WORKER.

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.

Dangerous fueling procedure, described as 'hot fueling,' of a dhc-6 twin otter jump aircraft at ZZZ, us.