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A PIC for a major freight air carrier allows a maintenance supervisor to talk him into deferring maintenance on his aircraft until the next stop and has him enter aircraft equipment malfunction in wrong or next leg of flight in logbook write-up.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 338344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mem |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 338344 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was the captain on flight from sdf to mem. Takeoff fuel was approximately 30000 pounds with 900 pounds in the center tank. En route, we burned the fuel out of the center tank and turned the center tank fuel pumps off. On descent into memphis, a fuel confign light came on indicating more than 1200 pounds of fuel in the center tank with the fuel pumps off. The fuel pumps (center) were turned on and we landed at memphis with 400 pounds of fuel remaining in the center tank. I reported this to the memphis maintenance personnel upon arrival at the gateway. He checked with maintenance control in sdf. I was advised that if I wrote up the problem on that leg, the aircraft would be grounded in memphis. If I took the aircraft on to shreveport, la, maintenance and fuel cell personnel would meet the aircraft and could fix it. There was no safety problem because fuel could be pumped out of the center tank back into the mains. The write-up was entered in the logbook for leg mem-shv. There was no recurrence of fuel leaking from the main tanks to the center tank on the leg mem-shv.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PIC FOR A MAJOR FREIGHT ACR ALLOWS A MAINT SUPVR TO TALK HIM INTO DEFERRING MAINT ON HIS ACFT UNTIL THE NEXT STOP AND HAS HIM ENTER ACFT EQUIP MALFUNCTION IN WRONG OR NEXT LEG OF FLT IN LOGBOOK WRITE-UP.
Narrative: I WAS THE CAPT ON FLT FROM SDF TO MEM. TKOF FUEL WAS APPROX 30000 LBS WITH 900 LBS IN THE CTR TANK. ENRTE, WE BURNED THE FUEL OUT OF THE CTR TANK AND TURNED THE CTR TANK FUEL PUMPS OFF. ON DSCNT INTO MEMPHIS, A FUEL CONFIGN LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING MORE THAN 1200 LBS OF FUEL IN THE CTR TANK WITH THE FUEL PUMPS OFF. THE FUEL PUMPS (CTR) WERE TURNED ON AND WE LANDED AT MEMPHIS WITH 400 LBS OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE CTR TANK. I RPTED THIS TO THE MEMPHIS MAINT PERSONNEL UPON ARR AT THE GATEWAY. HE CHKED WITH MAINT CTL IN SDF. I WAS ADVISED THAT IF I WROTE UP THE PROB ON THAT LEG, THE ACFT WOULD BE GNDED IN MEMPHIS. IF I TOOK THE ACFT ON TO SHREVEPORT, LA, MAINT AND FUEL CELL PERSONNEL WOULD MEET THE ACFT AND COULD FIX IT. THERE WAS NO SAFETY PROB BECAUSE FUEL COULD BE PUMPED OUT OF THE CTR TANK BACK INTO THE MAINS. THE WRITE-UP WAS ENTERED IN THE LOGBOOK FOR LEG MEM-SHV. THERE WAS NO RECURRENCE OF FUEL LEAKING FROM THE MAIN TANKS TO THE CTR TANK ON THE LEG MEM-SHV.
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.