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Maintenance personnel reported a communications breakdown during irregular refueling procedure resulting in fuel spill of a B737.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1603156 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Maintenance |
Narrative:
Three mechanics assigned to accomplish an irregular refuel process on aircraft X. After I reviewed MEL amm we started the refuel process. One mechanic in the flight deck to monitor the fuel load; and in direct radio contact with a mechanic at the fuel panel. The refuel process started and stopped several times as the fuel load was balanced. There was some miscommunication causing a few gallons of fuel to spill on the ramp. A fuel spill kit was brought in to contain and clean up fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Maintenance personnel reported a communications breakdown during irregular refueling procedure resulting in fuel spill of a B737.
Narrative: Three mechanics assigned to accomplish an irregular refuel process on Aircraft X. After I reviewed MEL AMM we started the refuel process. One mechanic in the flight deck to monitor the fuel load; and in direct radio contact with a mechanic at the fuel panel. The refuel process started and stopped several times as the fuel load was balanced. There was some miscommunication causing a few gallons of fuel to spill on the ramp. A fuel spill kit was brought in to contain and clean up fuel.
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.