<< >> NASA ASRS Report 580833, May 2003

Md-80 crew notes difficulty they are having with airplanes acquired from another air carrier. In this incident the crew had a fuel burnout schedule problem when they were distracted by non standard ACARS operation.

Attributes
ACN	580833
Time
Date	200305
Day	Sat
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz.artcc
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	580833
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Fuel burn. Burned fuel out of center tank before burning auxiliary fuel. Contacted dispatch and maintenance controller to discuss situation. Transferred the small amount of fuel that was in auxiliary tanks to the center tank and operation normal thereafter. Possible reasons for situation: connection through stl, first flight in aircraft for both pilots, distracted with ACARS operations or lack of and used to seeing auxiliary fuel gauges on capts panel. Thought all fuel was in center tank. Both pilots used good checklist discipline.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD-80 CREW NOTES DIFFICULTY THEY ARE HAVING WITH AIRPLANES ACQUIRED FROM ANOTHER ACR. IN THIS INCIDENT THE CREW HAD A FUEL BURNOUT SCHEDULE PROB WHEN THEY WERE DISTRACTED BY NON STANDARD ACARS OP.

Narrative: FUEL BURN. BURNED FUEL OUT OF CENTER TANK BEFORE BURNING AUX FUEL. CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTLR TO DISCUSS SIT. TRANSFERRED THE SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT WAS IN AUX TANKS TO THE CENTER TANK AND OP NORMAL THEREAFTER. POSSIBLE REASONS FOR SIT: CONNECTION THROUGH STL, FIRST FLT IN ACFT FOR BOTH PLTS, DISTRACTED WITH ACARS OPS OR LACK OF AND USED TO SEEING AUX FUEL GAUGES ON CAPTS PANEL. THOUGHT ALL FUEL WAS IN CENTER TANK. BOTH PLTS USED GOOD CHKLIST DISCIPLINE.

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.