<< >> NASA ASRS Report 959231, July 2011

A B757-200 flight crew shut down the APU and evacuated the passengers at the gate when a fuel leak was reported and verified.

Attributes
ACN	959231
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel System
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After completion of my walk around; I returned to the cockpit and started the APU. Within minutes the agent came to the cockpit to inform me that I had a fuel leak. I immediately went back outside and confirmed that there was; in fact; a rapid fuel leak from the belly of the aircraft. Because of the amount of fuel leaking I decided to evacuate the aircraft. This was done in the interest of safety. All exited through door 2L without incident. The fire and police department were standing by the aircraft. I notified dispatch and the flight office.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 flight crew shut down the APU and evacuated the passengers at the gate when a fuel leak was reported and verified.

Narrative: After completion of my walk around; I returned to the cockpit and started the APU. Within minutes the Agent came to the cockpit to inform me that I had a fuel leak. I immediately went back outside and confirmed that there was; in fact; a rapid fuel leak from the belly of the aircraft. Because of the amount of fuel leaking I decided to evacuate the aircraft. This was done in the interest of safety. All exited through door 2L without incident. The Fire and Police Department were standing by the aircraft. I notified Dispatch and the Flight Office.

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.