Air carrier large transport aircraft fuel spill during taxi for takeoff due to an unnoticed over fil...

Attributes
ACN	204080
Time
Date	199203
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea
State Reference	WA
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	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10300 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	204080
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 750
ASRS Report	204285
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

#1 fuel tank was overfueled. Some fuel spilled out. Local airport fire crews were advised and they came to take care of fuel spill. At the time of pushback no fuel was leaking from wingtips. As we taxied out we were advised by a ground vehicle and ground control that some fuel was spilling out of left wingtip. (This concurred with #1 fuel gauge still showing full.) fuel only spilled out during right turns. We felt very sure that the fuel spilling out was coming out of the surge tank and that the fuel would stop spilling out by the time we were ready for takeoff. There was no fuel spilling out (even during right turns) at the time of takeoff. Sea fire crews followed us to keep us advised and clean up any spillage. Supplemental information from acn 204285: the #1 fuel tank was overfilled to 12800 pounds when maximum limit was 12638 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT ACFT FUEL SPILL DURING TAXI FOR TKOF DUE TO AN UNNOTICED OVER FILLED FUEL TANK.

Narrative: #1 FUEL TANK WAS OVERFUELED. SOME FUEL SPILLED OUT. LCL ARPT FIRE CREWS WERE ADVISED AND THEY CAME TO TAKE CARE OF FUEL SPILL. AT THE TIME OF PUSHBACK NO FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM WINGTIPS. AS WE TAXIED OUT WE WERE ADVISED BY A GND VEHICLE AND GND CTL THAT SOME FUEL WAS SPILLING OUT OF L WINGTIP. (THIS CONCURRED WITH #1 FUEL GAUGE STILL SHOWING FULL.) FUEL ONLY SPILLED OUT DURING R TURNS. WE FELT VERY SURE THAT THE FUEL SPILLING OUT WAS COMING OUT OF THE SURGE TANK AND THAT THE FUEL WOULD STOP SPILLING OUT BY THE TIME WE WERE READY FOR TKOF. THERE WAS NO FUEL SPILLING OUT (EVEN DURING R TURNS) AT THE TIME OF TKOF. SEA FIRE CREWS FOLLOWED US TO KEEP US ADVISED AND CLEAN UP ANY SPILLAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 204285: THE #1 FUEL TANK WAS OVERFILLED TO 12800 POUNDS WHEN MAX LIMIT WAS 12638 POUNDS.

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.

Air carrier large transport aircraft fuel spill during taxi for takeoff due to an unnoticed over filled fuel tank.