Flight crew of medium large transport taxied out from gate without required fuel.

Attributes
ACN	281742
Time
Date	199408
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
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	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	281742
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer notified captain that required fuel was not onboard and then notified company. Captain elected to continue checklist even though procedure is to stop at any item that can't be completed. First officer continued with cockpit duties and was subsequently asked if pushback clearance had been obtained. First officer obtained pushback clearance, engines started and airplane taxied out. During taxi out first officer initiated before takeoff checklist and informed captain that the fuel had not been uplifted. Captain returned to gate, had airplane fueled and continued to destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF MLG TAXIED OUT FROM GATE WITHOUT REQUIRED FUEL.

Narrative: FO NOTIFIED CAPT THAT REQUIRED FUEL WAS NOT ONBOARD AND THEN NOTIFIED COMPANY. CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE CHKLIST EVEN THOUGH PROC IS TO STOP AT ANY ITEM THAT CAN'T BE COMPLETED. FO CONTINUED WITH COCKPIT DUTIES AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ASKED IF PUSHBACK CLRNC HAD BEEN OBTAINED. FO OBTAINED PUSHBACK CLRNC, ENGS STARTED AND AIRPLANE TAXIED OUT. DURING TAXI OUT FO INITIATED BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST AND INFORMED CAPT THAT THE FUEL HAD NOT BEEN UPLIFTED. CAPT RETURNED TO GATE, HAD AIRPLANE FUELED AND CONTINUED TO DEST.

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.