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Aircraft refueling personnel did not ground the aircraft to the truck because the fueling truck's grounding clip was broken.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 670836 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200509 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 670836 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
I was doing the walkaround for the flight and noticed the fueler was fueling the aircraft without a ground wire between the truck and the aircraft. I asked the fueler if the procedures had been changed and he informed me the clip on the ground wire was broken on his truck. Therefore; he was not using the wire. Equipment failure and personnel failure. Callback conversation with reporter revleaed the following information: reporter stated that the fueler was really lackadaisical about the fueling procedure shortcoming after the notification of insufficient grounding. Reporter stated he believes his air carrier has a training problem because the operator did not realize the consequences of his action.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT REFUELING PERSONNEL DID NOT GROUND THE ACFT TO THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE FUELING TRUCK'S GROUNDING CLIP WAS BROKEN.
Narrative: I WAS DOING THE WALKAROUND FOR THE FLT AND NOTICED THE FUELER WAS FUELING THE ACFT WITHOUT A GROUND WIRE BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE ACFT. I ASKED THE FUELER IF THE PROCS HAD BEEN CHANGED AND HE INFORMED ME THE CLIP ON THE GROUND WIRE WAS BROKEN ON HIS TRUCK. THEREFORE; HE WAS NOT USING THE WIRE. EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND PERSONNEL FAILURE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVLEAED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE FUELER WAS REALLY LACKADAISICAL ABOUT THE FUELING PROC SHORTCOMING AFTER THE NOTIFICATION OF INSUFFICIENT GROUNDING. RPTR STATED HE BELIEVES HIS ACR HAS A TRAINING PROB BECAUSE THE OPERATOR DID NOT REALIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.