FLC OF MLG CALLED FUEL PLANNED INSTEAD OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN CHKLIST RUN FOR DEP.

Date: 1991-11 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC OF MLG CALLED FUEL PLANNED INSTEAD OF FUEL ON BOARD WHEN CHKLIST RUN FOR DEP.

Narrative

THE FLT WAS THE FOURTH ROUND TRIP (7TH SEGMENT) OF 10 SEGMENT DAY. DEP TIME WAS 30 MINS AFTER SCHEDULED DEP. THIS ACFT WAS LATE ALL MORNING. CAPT REPLIED ON CHALLENGE/RESPONSE CHKLIST THE PLANNED FUEL LOAD INSTEAD OF ACTUAL LOAD. IN AFTER THOUGHT I COULDN'T REMEMBER EVEN DOING THE BEFORE START CHKLIST. FLT DEPARTED HNL NORMALLY AND IT WASN'T UNTIL APPROX 30 NM W OF HNL THAT I NOTICED WE HADN'T BEEN FUELED AT HNL. WE HAD DEPARTED WITH APPROX 7000 POUNDS INSTEAD OF 14000 POUNDS OF FUEL. FLT CONTINUED TO LIH WHERE WE LANDED WITH 3900 POUNDS OF FUEL ON BOARD. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: DELAYED FLT. PRESSURE TO GET BACK ON TIME. NONSTANDARD OPS. CAPT ELECTED TO START DURING FO'S CALL TO CLRNC DELIVERY. CREWS FAILURE TO VERIFY FUEL LOAD PRIOR TO START. PERSONAL FACTORS: CAPT HAS A TENDENCY TO 'RUN THE SHOW' IE; PROGRAM COMPUTER; CALL BLOCK IN/OUT TIMES; ...DO FO CHORES; WHICH LED ME TO 'BACK OFF' WHAT I NORMALLY DO AS A FO! AS A RESULT OF MY INATTN; WE FAILED TO WAIT FOR FUEL. LESSONS LEARNED: DON'T LET OVERBEARING BEHAVIOR BY CAPT (OR OTHER CREW MEMBERS) CAUSE ME TO GET DISTR FROM MY NORMAL FLOW. DO MY JOB! SLOW DOWN THE PACE OF OPS IF CHKLIST OR OTHER ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE ARE NOT COMPLETE. IN THIS CASE I COULD HAVE INTERJECTED A COMMENT TO THE CAPT WHICH INSTEAD I CHOSE TO SUPPRESS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.