2007-11 · NASA ASRS report 763735
AN A300 PILOT REJECTED A TKOF WHEN FUEL PRESSURE LOW LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE ACFT WITH 17000 LBS OF FUEL.
REJECTED TKOF. MAX PWR TKOF WAS REQUIRED. VERY LIGHT FUEL LOAD AND AIRPLANE. TKOF WT 217000 LBS. FUEL WAS 17000 LBS. TKOF RWY 12000 FT AVAILABLE. AFTER SELECTING TKOF PWR BEFORE 80 KTS WE RECEIVED MASTER CAUTION AND A WHOLE PAGE OF CAUTIONS APPEARED. APPEARED TO BE FUEL PR/OUTER FUEL PR/INNER AND FUEL PR/CTR. LOOKING UP AT THE FUEL PUMPS SWITCHES I SAW ALL L-HAND GAUGES 'FAULT' SWITCHES WERE LIGHTED. I OBSERVED INNER; OUTER; AND CTR TANK FAULT SWITCHES ILLUMINATED. (ALL FUEL SWITCHES IN NORMAL POS ON.) I SMOOTHLY PULLED THE PWR TO IDLE AND DEPLOYED THE REVERSERS. I TAPPED THE BRAKE AND RELEASED THE RTO BRAKES SETTING. DURING THE REJECT THE AIRSPD WAS ALMOST 130 KTS; V1 WAS 122 KTS. AT THIS LIGHT WT I DON'T SEE HOW I COULD HAVE KEPT THE AIRPLANE BELOW 122 KTS WITHOUT SLAMMING THE BRAKES AND THROTTLES. ACCELERATION WAS EXTREME 80 KTS TO 122 KTS WAS 2 OR 3 SECONDS. MAX BRAKE TEMP WAS 200 DEGS C WHICH IS NORMAL. CALL MAINT CTL AND DESCRIBED THE PROB. THEY SUGGESTED RETURN TO BLOCK. I BELIEVE THE LIGHT FUEL LOAD WAS THE CAUSE BUT IS LEGAL AND WAS PROPERLY LOADED. THE FAST ACCELERATION CAUSED THE PUMPS TO TRIP OFF. I WOULD REQUEST MORE FUEL MINIMUM OF 30000 LBS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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