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Air carrier large transport improperly fueled in ramp operation ground refueling procedure. Return land mandated by fuel imbalance and a right wing heavy situation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 315852 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199509 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : iah |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 7500 |
| ASRS Report | 315852 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 315466 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On takeoff aircraft rolled right, at first thought it was wake turbulence from aircraft that took off ahead of us. On climb out realized that the aircraft was very right wing heavy. #1 (left wing) tank gauge was inoperative, suspected fuel imbalance, no flight control problem. Returned to iah, landed. Found aircraft had been improperly fueled. We thought aircraft was fueled properly before departure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LGT IMPROPERLY FUELED IN RAMP OP GND REFUELING PROC. RETURN LAND MANDATED BY FUEL IMBALANCE AND A R WING HVY SIT.
Narrative: ON TKOF ACFT ROLLED R, AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS WAKE TURB FROM ACFT THAT TOOK OFF AHEAD OF US. ON CLBOUT REALIZED THAT THE ACFT WAS VERY R WING HVY. #1 (L WING) TANK GAUGE WAS INOP, SUSPECTED FUEL IMBALANCE, NO FLT CTL PROB. RETURNED TO IAH, LANDED. FOUND ACFT HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY FUELED. WE THOUGHT ACFT WAS FUELED PROPERLY BEFORE DEP.
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.