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During climbout a captain of B737; while turning off the center fuel tank pumps; failed to close the fuel crossfeed valve which resulted in a fuel tank imbalance. The fuel tank balance was restored prior to landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1261422 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201505 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MCI.Airport |
| State Reference | KS |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Crossfeed |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 126 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 144 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
While climbing out of mci; captain verbalized turning of cross feed; however; I failed to crosscheck the switch position as I was talking to ATC at the time. We both noticed an unusual control wheel position at about the same time when the captain noticed the fuel imbalance (3;500 pounds). We cross feed the fuel back to a zero differential prior to landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: During climbout a Captain of B737; while turning off the center fuel tank pumps; failed to close the Fuel Crossfeed Valve which resulted in a fuel tank imbalance. The fuel tank balance was restored prior to landing.
Narrative: While climbing out of MCI; Captain verbalized turning of cross feed; however; I failed to crosscheck the switch position as I was talking to ATC at the time. We both noticed an unusual control wheel position at about the same time when the Captain noticed the fuel imbalance (3;500 pounds). We cross feed the fuel back to a zero differential prior to landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.