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The company failed to provide fuel freeze temperature testing as required for a B747-400 flight with a forecast enroute air temperature of -66C.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 864791 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B747-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 1200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Weather maps and flight plan showed forecast enroute air temp of -66C. No fuel test for freezing sent to crew. Called dispatch. No fuel freeze temp testing was done even though flight was planned for OAT below -56C. Fuel temperature went to -35; sped up to hold temp.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The company failed to provide fuel freeze temperature testing as required for a B747-400 flight with a forecast enroute air temperature of -66C.
Narrative: Weather maps and flight plan showed forecast enroute air temp of -66C. No fuel test for freezing sent to crew. Called dispatch. No fuel freeze temp testing was done even though flight was planned for OAT below -56C. Fuel temperature went to -35; sped up to hold temp.
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.