2002-12 · NASA ASRS report 569325
AFTER LNDG; DISCOVERED NO FUEL IN R TANK.
PRIOR TO DEP FROM DENVER INTL ARPT; THE CREW COMPLETED THEIR PREFLT CHKS. I NOTICED A MEL; STATING WE HAD AN INOP R FUEL GAUGE. AS A FOLLOW-UP PROC; I ASKED MAINT TO DRIP THE FUEL TANKS MANUALLY TO KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF FUEL BEFORE REFUELING THE ACFT. THIS PROC WAS ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING TO MAINT; AND THE LOGBOOK WAS SIGNED OFF. WE RECEIVED A FUEL SLIP SHOWING OUR UPLIFT FOR THE L TANK; BUT NO UPLIFT WAS WRITTEN FOR R TANK; BECAUSE OF INOP GAUGE. ON DSCNT INTO ALBUQUERQUE; WE GOT AN AFT FUEL LOW PRESSURE LIGHT; FOLLOWED BY A FORWARD FUEL LOW PRESSURE LIGHT. WE KNEW WE WERE VERY LOW ON FUEL IN THE R TANK; BUT HAD 2000 LBS IN THE L. WE LANDED SAFELY; BUT THE R FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. AMAZINGLY; THERE WAS NO FLAME OUT OF THE R ENG. SOMEWHERE MAINT DROPPED THE BALL. WE FEEL THEY DRIPPED THE TANKS INCORRECTLY. LUCKILY; EVERYONE WAS SAFE; BUT A LESSON LEARNED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 569326: IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MAINT COMPLETELY FAILED TO FUEL US PROPERLY; ALONG WITH AN IN TRAINING FUELER. ALTHOUGH NOT OUR PROC IF DRIP STICKS ARE REQUIRED IN THE FUTURE FOR ALTERNATE FUELING METHODS AND A FUEL GAUGE IS INOP. I WILL TRUST THE PROC TO NO ONE AND WILL CHK THE OP MYSELF.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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