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Attributes | |
ACN | 362220 |
Time | |
Date | 199703 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
State Reference | NJ |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Light | Dawn |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B727-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked ground other : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | other personnel |
Qualification | other |
ASRS Report | 362220 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
When building flight release, I anticipated extra taxi time due to snow showers in the vicinity of ewr, thus a good chance of needing deicing of aircraft. I raised taxi fuel from 700 pounds to 1100 pounds to cover this event. In my rush to complete flight release I, in error, raised taxi fuel to 11000 pounds, not 1100 pounds. The crew did not notice error until approximately 1/2 of the way to dtw. My office is experimenting with reduced overhead lighting on late night shift. This may have been a factor. We have had a large increase in workload starting feb/96. This may be a factor. A light payload on flight allowed error to occur without affecting takeoff gross weight, landing gross weight or zero fuel weight. Fuel burn would have been slightly greater, 300- 400 pounds. Very little change in center of gravity. I made error, but feel a little concern that captain, first officer and flight engineer -- all who have a copy of release -- did not notice anything wrong until well en route. I now do a reasonableness check on all fuel factors before releasing a flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727-200 DISPATCHER INTENDED TO INCREASE TAXI FUEL FROM 700 LBS TO 1100 LBS. INSTEAD, HE INCREASED IT TO 11000 LBS. THE ACFT WAS WITHIN ALL WT LIMITS BUT NOBODY NOTICED THE ERROR UNTIL ALMOST TO DEST.
Narrative: WHEN BUILDING FLT RELEASE, I ANTICIPATED EXTRA TAXI TIME DUE TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF EWR, THUS A GOOD CHANCE OF NEEDING DEICING OF ACFT. I RAISED TAXI FUEL FROM 700 LBS TO 1100 LBS TO COVER THIS EVENT. IN MY RUSH TO COMPLETE FLT RELEASE I, IN ERROR, RAISED TAXI FUEL TO 11000 LBS, NOT 1100 LBS. THE CREW DID NOT NOTICE ERROR UNTIL APPROX 1/2 OF THE WAY TO DTW. MY OFFICE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH REDUCED OVERHEAD LIGHTING ON LATE NIGHT SHIFT. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. WE HAVE HAD A LARGE INCREASE IN WORKLOAD STARTING FEB/96. THIS MAY BE A FACTOR. A LIGHT PAYLOAD ON FLT ALLOWED ERROR TO OCCUR WITHOUT AFFECTING TKOF GROSS WT, LNDG GROSS WT OR ZERO FUEL WT. FUEL BURN WOULD HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY GREATER, 300- 400 LBS. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN CTR OF GRAVITY. I MADE ERROR, BUT FEEL A LITTLE CONCERN THAT CAPT, FO AND FE -- ALL WHO HAVE A COPY OF RELEASE -- DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL WELL ENRTE. I NOW DO A REASONABLENESS CHK ON ALL FUEL FACTORS BEFORE RELEASING A FLT.
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.