<< >> NASA ASRS Report 356035, December 1996

Lear jet flight crew perform a non stop flight from hfd to sat. Flight crew planning preflight had incorporated a fuel stop in mem and PIC decided to continue on to sat without adding fuel. In-flight engine shutdown when #2 engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

Attributes
ACN	356035
Time
Date	199612
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sat
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sat
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Gates Learjet Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 800
ASRS Report	356035
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On an IFR flight from hfd, ct, it was planned with a fuel stop in mem, tn, then on to sat, tx, final destination. Breakdown in CRM between captain and first officer. Captain chose to pass up mem and try to continue on to sat knowing we had not enough fuel to make the trip legally. I failed as a pilot and copilot to convince the captain to stop for a fuel stop. About 50 mi outside of sat on the descent, we got a low fuel light, soon followed by the right engine shutting down due to fuel starvation. We xferred what fuel was left into the operative engine and made it on into sat on 1 engine.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LEAR JET FLC PERFORM A NON STOP FLT FROM HFD TO SAT. FLC PLANNING PREFLT HAD INCORPORATED A FUEL STOP IN MEM AND PIC DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON TO SAT WITHOUT ADDING FUEL. INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN WHEN #2 ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Narrative: ON AN IFR FLT FROM HFD, CT, IT WAS PLANNED WITH A FUEL STOP IN MEM, TN, THEN ON TO SAT, TX, FINAL DEST. BREAKDOWN IN CRM BTWN CAPT AND FO. CAPT CHOSE TO PASS UP MEM AND TRY TO CONTINUE ON TO SAT KNOWING WE HAD NOT ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE THE TRIP LEGALLY. I FAILED AS A PLT AND COPLT TO CONVINCE THE CAPT TO STOP FOR A FUEL STOP. ABOUT 50 MI OUTSIDE OF SAT ON THE DSCNT, WE GOT A LOW FUEL LIGHT, SOON FOLLOWED BY THE R ENG SHUTTING DOWN DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. WE XFERRED WHAT FUEL WAS LEFT INTO THE OPERATIVE ENG AND MADE IT ON INTO SAT ON 1 ENG.

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.