A B757 DEPARTS WITHOUT REQUIRED FUEL ON BOARD. NON STANDARD CRUISE SPD WAS PLANNED; BUT NOT FUELED FOR.

2000-12 · NASA ASRS report 496022

Date: 2000-12 · Aircraft: B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

A B757 DEPARTS WITHOUT REQUIRED FUEL ON BOARD. NON STANDARD CRUISE SPD WAS PLANNED; BUT NOT FUELED FOR.

Narrative

FLYING A TRIP THAT IS NORMALLY FLT PLANNED AT LONG RANGE CRUISE; I FOUND IT WAS PLANNED FOR HIGH SPD CRUISE. I PROGRAMMED THE FMC FOR HIGH SPD CRUISE. LATER FOUND THE RELEASE TIME WAS FOR 1 HR AFTER SCHEDULED DEP TIME. THIS EXPLAINS WHY FLT CTL PANEL FOR A HIGH SPD CRUISE. WHILE TAXIING OUT; I DID NOT REPROGRAM THE FMC FOR LONG RANGE CRUISE. HOWEVER; WE DID GET AN 'INSUFFICIENT FUEL' FMC MESSAGE. THE FMC SHOWED US LNDG IN DSM WITH 9100 LBS OF FUEL -- 300 LBS LESS THAN FLT PLANNED. I REPROGRAMMED THE FMC FOR LRC AND IT THEN SHOWED US LNDG IN DSM WITH 12000 LBS OF FUEL -- WELL ABOVE PLANNED LNDG FUEL. WHILE ENRTE; THE CAPT CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE THAT DISCREPANCY AND DISCOVERED WE TOOK OFF WITH LESS THAN THE REQUIRED FUEL. WE HAD NOT RECEIVED A FUEL SHEET TO REFLECT THE FUEL LOAD; WHICH WAS INTENDED TO BE FOR AN LRC FLT PLAN. THE FLT PLAN CALLED FOR 37200 LBS -- ACTUAL FUEL WAS 32700 LBS. DURING THE BEFORE START CHKLIST; THE CAPT'S RESPONSE TO 'FUEL' WAS TO TRANSPOSE THE 32.7 ON THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR TO 37.2. 32.7 WAS ALSO ON THE WT AND BAL FUEL MATRIX WHICH ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR OVERSIGHT. WE DID LAND AT DSM WITH 3000 LBS MORE THAN WAS FLT PLANNED; BUT NEVERTHELESS WE TOOK OFF WITH AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT. I NOW XCHK THE ACTUAL FUEL WITH THE FLT PLAN FUEL BEFORE PROGRAMMING THE FMC.

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

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