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An first officer reports increasing incidence of improper fueling procedures. Aircraft are not grounded during the fueling process.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 606330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200402 |
| Day | Thu |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 606330 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier government : faa government other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Environmental Factor Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
There appears to be an increasing incidence of aircraft not grounded during the fueling process. During each of the 2 walkarounds I performed at ZZZ on jan/xx/04, the fueling nozzle was attached to the aircraft, but not the grounding wire. (I assume the grounding wire is the first thing attached and the last thing removed.) callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that after the report was filed, immediate action was taken at ZZZ on the improper fueling procedures. The reporter said all company fuelers were briefed and the required grounding procedures were reinforced with on the spot corrections. The reporter stated that adequate steps were taken by the company to correct this serious situation and improvement was noted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN FO RPTS INCREASING INCIDENCE OF IMPROPER FUELING PROCS. ACFT ARE NOT GROUNDED DURING THE FUELING PROCESS.
Narrative: THERE APPEARS TO BE AN INCREASING INCIDENCE OF ACFT NOT GROUNDED DURING THE FUELING PROCESS. DURING EACH OF THE 2 WALKAROUNDS I PERFORMED AT ZZZ ON JAN/XX/04, THE FUELING NOZZLE WAS ATTACHED TO THE ACFT, BUT NOT THE GROUNDING WIRE. (I ASSUME THE GROUNDING WIRE IS THE FIRST THING ATTACHED AND THE LAST THING REMOVED.) CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT AFTER THE RPT WAS FILED, IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN AT ZZZ ON THE IMPROPER FUELING PROCS. THE RPTR SAID ALL COMPANY FUELERS WERE BRIEFED AND THE REQUIRED GROUNDING PROCS WERE REINFORCED WITH ON THE SPOT CORRECTIONS. THE RPTR STATED THAT ADEQUATE STEPS WERE TAKEN BY THE COMPANY TO CORRECT THIS SERIOUS SIT AND IMPROVEMENT WAS NOTED.
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.