Medium large transport air carrier aircraft fuel system malfunction.

Attributes
ACN	248368
Time
Date	199308
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : las
State Reference	NV
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	248368
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 6300 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	248372
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Fuel gauges inoperative after 1 hour in cruise. Fuel system also malfunctioned. Fuel was not consumed on normal schedule. This was not detected until after landing because of fuel gauges being inoperative. All fuel boost pumps were turned on and no fuel low pressure lights were on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACR ACFT FUEL SYS MALFUNCTION.

Narrative: FUEL GAUGES INOP AFTER 1 HR IN CRUISE. FUEL SYS ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. FUEL WAS NOT CONSUMED ON NORMAL SCHEDULE. THIS WAS NOT DETECTED UNTIL AFTER LNDG BECAUSE OF FUEL GAUGES BEING INOP. ALL FUEL BOOST PUMPS WERE TURNED ON AND NO FUEL LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS WERE ON.

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.