A wide body cargo flight crew on an international flight experienced an EICAS 'X feed configuration'...

Attributes
ACN	843424
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	RJTG.ARTCC
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Heavy Transport Low Wing 4 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Other Controlled
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Crossfeed
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 500
Person 2
Function	Relief Pilot
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Type 358
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

I was the acting first officer on the crew. The flight departed uneventfully at XA06Z with 232.4 pounds of fuel (approx.) at takeoff. At top of climb the relief pilot was the first one to go on break. Approximately 2 hours into the flight; the captain and I started dealing with a 'X feed configuration' message. After referring to the QRH 'fuel X feed' valves were selected on to provide fuel from tanks 2 and 3 using override pumps and main pumps. Flight landed uneventfully at about XI20Z with approximately 34.0 pounds. This condition could have been avoided. Language barrier; night time fatigue; and crew interruptions all could have contributed to distractions that prevented the 1 and 4 crossfeed buttons to be turned on as the manual specifies. I have learned a valuable lesson and will correct my own personal habits to prevent this from happening ever again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A wide body cargo flight crew on an international flight experienced an EICAS 'X FEED CONFIG' message at top of climb. It became apparent they had mis-positioned fuel crossfeed switches during preflight because of fatigue and distractions.

Narrative: I was the acting First Officer on the crew. The flight departed uneventfully at XA06Z with 232.4 LBS of fuel (approx.) at takeoff. At top of climb the Relief Pilot was the first one to go on break. Approximately 2 hours into the flight; the Captain and I started dealing with a 'X FEED CONFIG' message. After referring to the QRH 'Fuel X feed' valves were selected on to provide fuel from tanks 2 and 3 using override pumps and main pumps. Flight landed uneventfully at about XI20Z with approximately 34.0 LBS. This condition could have been avoided. Language barrier; night time fatigue; and crew interruptions all could have contributed to distractions that prevented the 1 and 4 crossfeed buttons to be turned ON as the manual specifies. I have learned a valuable lesson and will correct my own personal habits to prevent this from happening ever again.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A wide body cargo flight crew on an international flight experienced an EICAS 'X feed configuration' message at top of climb. It became apparent they had mis-positioned fuel crossfeed switches during preflight because of fatigue and distractions.