Fuel quantity confusion for air carrier medium large transport fueler.

Attributes
ACN	139244
Time
Date	199003
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	139244
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft fueler advised he couldn't get numbers to balance between fuel off loaded from truck and the fuel on the aircraft. He worked on it for an hour and got nowhere so I had him manually check the fuel and compare it with the cockpit gauges and these numbers balanced approximately. At this point I decided that we merely had a paperwork problem but because of contract refueling shift changes, etc, we would take forever to get it resolved. I made a decision that since the fuel was on the aircraft and loaded within limits we would depart. The flight was uneventful after that. While this was occurring I was receiving a company line check which added some additional pressure, fortunately the line check airman will also make an excellent witness for the defense if someone ever stumbles across this paper trail.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FUEL QUANTITY CONFUSION FOR ACR MLG FUELER.

Narrative: ACFT FUELER ADVISED HE COULDN'T GET NUMBERS TO BALANCE BTWN FUEL OFF LOADED FROM TRUCK AND THE FUEL ON THE ACFT. HE WORKED ON IT FOR AN HR AND GOT NOWHERE SO I HAD HIM MANUALLY CHK THE FUEL AND COMPARE IT WITH THE COCKPIT GAUGES AND THESE NUMBERS BALANCED APPROX. AT THIS POINT I DECIDED THAT WE MERELY HAD A PAPERWORK PROB BUT BECAUSE OF CONTRACT REFUELING SHIFT CHANGES, ETC, WE WOULD TAKE FOREVER TO GET IT RESOLVED. I MADE A DECISION THAT SINCE THE FUEL WAS ON THE ACFT AND LOADED WITHIN LIMITS WE WOULD DEPART. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL AFTER THAT. WHILE THIS WAS OCCURRING I WAS RECEIVING A COMPANY LINE CHK WHICH ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL PRESSURE, FORTUNATELY THE LINE CHK AIRMAN WILL ALSO MAKE AN EXCELLENT WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE IF SOMEONE EVER STUMBLES ACROSS THIS PAPER TRAIL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.