An air carrier widebody transport freighter took off with low fuel.

Attributes
ACN	255908
Time
Date	199311
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sel
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 7800
ASRS Report	255908
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Our flight was a cargo operation from hong kong to anc with a refueling stop in seoul. Our objective was to refuel in seoul and depart before a curfew to prevent a ground delay in the cargo shipment. We determined the required fuel load for departure and passed this information to the refueling agent. The #1 fuel quantity gauge was inoperative. After we were airborne, we discovered that #1 fuel tank had not been totally filled and we actually did not have the fuel on board we thought we had. We determined our actual fuel load and contacted the company to obtain a reclred flight plan. We landed at anc with no additional problems. A closer scrutiny of the fuel slip could have prevented this problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR WDB FREIGHTER TOOK OFF WITH LOW FUEL.

Narrative: OUR FLT WAS A CARGO OP FROM HONG KONG TO ANC WITH A REFUELING STOP IN SEOUL. OUR OBJECTIVE WAS TO REFUEL IN SEOUL AND DEPART BEFORE A CURFEW TO PREVENT A GND DELAY IN THE CARGO SHIPMENT. WE DETERMINED THE REQUIRED FUEL LOAD FOR DEP AND PASSED THIS INFO TO THE REFUELING AGENT. THE #1 FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE WAS INOP. AFTER WE WERE AIRBORNE, WE DISCOVERED THAT #1 FUEL TANK HAD NOT BEEN TOTALLY FILLED AND WE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE THE FUEL ON BOARD WE THOUGHT WE HAD. WE DETERMINED OUR ACTUAL FUEL LOAD AND CONTACTED THE COMPANY TO OBTAIN A RECLRED FLT PLAN. WE LANDED AT ANC WITH NO ADDITIONAL PROBS. A CLOSER SCRUTINY OF THE FUEL SLIP COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS PROB.

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.