Narrative:

Arrived in sba and called for fuel. First officer went inside. Captain went in cabin and helped flight attendant with cabin and discussed her briefing. Passenger started boarding. First officer and captain went into cockpit and started turn around checklist. Flight attendant brought up passenger and baggage counts. We stopped the checklist while the first officer did the weight and balance. We started the checklist back up again and went through start/taxi/takeoff. We departed sba for sfo. Climbed out and leveled at FL220, then I noticed that the fuel totalizer was at 870 pounds. We decided where to go and told center we were changing our destination to sbp and called our company. We landed, refueled, and refiled our flight plan and called dispatch and chief pilot, then did new weight and balance and left for sfo. I think that we restarted the checklist in the wrong place. There needs to be a way to mark where you stopped the checklist, or don't ever stop it, or redo the whole check if you are stopped. The previous round trip was fueled for a round trip, this one was not. It was a quick turn around, 15 mins. 1 person should supervise the fueling. Supplemental information from acn 283202: after landing previous leg I obtained a clearance for the next flight. I asked the captain for the fuel load and deplaned to ask the station agent to call the fuel truck. I walked into the terminal with the station agent. There, I used the restroom and went to the snack counter, returning to the plane about 10 mins later as passenger were boarding. We followed normal procedures and departed. The captain believes that we were interrupted in our checklist by ground personnel with additional loading information and may have restarted in the wrong place. The checklist should require both crew members to state the actual fuel load before start. I made the erroneous assumption that, since the captain and flight attendant remained on board and hadn't told me otherwise, the fuel truck had been and gone while I was in the terminal. The captain mentioned that he was going through marital problems and may not have had sufficient sleep the night before, which may have affected his performance.

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Title: ACR E-120 DEPARTS STATION WITHOUT BEING REFUELED FOR NEXT LEG.

Narrative: ARRIVED IN SBA AND CALLED FOR FUEL. FO WENT INSIDE. CAPT WENT IN CABIN AND HELPED FLT ATTENDANT WITH CABIN AND DISCUSSED HER BRIEFING. PAX STARTED BOARDING. FO AND CAPT WENT INTO COCKPIT AND STARTED TURN AROUND CHKLIST. FLT ATTENDANT BROUGHT UP PAX AND BAGGAGE COUNTS. WE STOPPED THE CHKLIST WHILE THE FO DID THE WT AND BAL. WE STARTED THE CHKLIST BACK UP AGAIN AND WENT THROUGH START/TAXI/TKOF. WE DEPARTED SBA FOR SFO. CLBED OUT AND LEVELED AT FL220, THEN I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TOTALIZER WAS AT 870 LBS. WE DECIDED WHERE TO GO AND TOLD CTR WE WERE CHANGING OUR DEST TO SBP AND CALLED OUR COMPANY. WE LANDED, REFUELED, AND REFILED OUR FLT PLAN AND CALLED DISPATCH AND CHIEF PLT, THEN DID NEW WT AND BAL AND LEFT FOR SFO. I THINK THAT WE RESTARTED THE CHKLIST IN THE WRONG PLACE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO MARK WHERE YOU STOPPED THE CHKLIST, OR DON'T EVER STOP IT, OR REDO THE WHOLE CHK IF YOU ARE STOPPED. THE PREVIOUS ROUND TRIP WAS FUELED FOR A ROUND TRIP, THIS ONE WAS NOT. IT WAS A QUICK TURN AROUND, 15 MINS. 1 PERSON SHOULD SUPERVISE THE FUELING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 283202: AFTER LNDG PREVIOUS LEG I OBTAINED A CLRNC FOR THE NEXT FLT. I ASKED THE CAPT FOR THE FUEL LOAD AND DEPLANED TO ASK THE STATION AGENT TO CALL THE FUEL TRUCK. I WALKED INTO THE TERMINAL WITH THE STATION AGENT. THERE, I USED THE RESTROOM AND WENT TO THE SNACK COUNTER, RETURNING TO THE PLANE ABOUT 10 MINS LATER AS PAX WERE BOARDING. WE FOLLOWED NORMAL PROCS AND DEPARTED. THE CAPT BELIEVES THAT WE WERE INTERRUPTED IN OUR CHKLIST BY GND PERSONNEL WITH ADDITIONAL LOADING INFO AND MAY HAVE RESTARTED IN THE WRONG PLACE. THE CHKLIST SHOULD REQUIRE BOTH CREW MEMBERS TO STATE THE ACTUAL FUEL LOAD BEFORE START. I MADE THE ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION THAT, SINCE THE CAPT AND FLT ATTENDANT REMAINED ON BOARD AND HADN'T TOLD ME OTHERWISE, THE FUEL TRUCK HAD BEEN AND GONE WHILE I WAS IN THE TERMINAL. THE CAPT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH MARITAL PROBS AND MAY NOT HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE, WHICH MAY HAVE AFFECTED HIS PERFORMANCE.

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.