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The flight crew were concerned that the aircraft was fueled with jetway not mated to the aircraft. Deplaning passenger via the slides results in unnecessary risk of passenger injury.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 314470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199508 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| 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 | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 314470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 314466 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Our procedures manual states 'at airports where a jet bridge is available it shall be used for fueling.' 'if no jet bridge is available, arm the slides to fuel' (which we did). The fueler had started fueling before we could get an agent to open the door, so we armed the slides, called to stop fueling, and got an agent to open the door. Because we were busy with cockpit procedures we didn't notice the fueler had not fueled the aircraft before the gate agent closed the cabin door. In the future better coordination between ramp and cockpit would prevent this occurring again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLC WERE CONCERNED THAT THE ACFT WAS FUELED WITH JETWAY NOT MATED TO THE ACFT. DEPLANING PAX VIA THE SLIDES RESULTS IN UNNECESSARY RISK OF PAX INJURY.
Narrative: OUR PROCS MANUAL STATES 'AT ARPTS WHERE A JET BRIDGE IS AVAILABLE IT SHALL BE USED FOR FUELING.' 'IF NO JET BRIDGE IS AVAILABLE, ARM THE SLIDES TO FUEL' (WHICH WE DID). THE FUELER HAD STARTED FUELING BEFORE WE COULD GET AN AGENT TO OPEN THE DOOR, SO WE ARMED THE SLIDES, CALLED TO STOP FUELING, AND GOT AN AGENT TO OPEN THE DOOR. BECAUSE WE WERE BUSY WITH COCKPIT PROCS WE DIDN'T NOTICE THE FUELER HAD NOT FUELED THE ACFT BEFORE THE GATE AGENT CLOSED THE CABIN DOOR. IN THE FUTURE BETTER COORD BTWN RAMP AND COCKPIT WOULD PREVENT THIS OCCURRING AGAIN.
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.