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An air carrier B767 flight crew inquires of their company's management about compliance with an airworthiness directive about center tank fuel limitations and what to do if these limitations are exceeded.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 387200 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : lirr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 387200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 387199 |
| 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 : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
How are we supposed to comply with B767 airworthiness directive that requires the center tank fuel to be less than 1000 pounds after fueling? Is it permissible to turn on the center tank pumps to defuel the center tank if there is 1700 pounds of fuel in the center tank? If this is ok can we do it with passenger onboard?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B767 FLC INQUIRES OF THEIR COMPANY'S MGMNT ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE ABOUT CTR TANK FUEL LIMITATIONS AND WHAT TO DO IF THESE LIMITATIONS ARE EXCEEDED.
Narrative: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO COMPLY WITH B767 AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE THAT REQUIRES THE CTR TANK FUEL TO BE LESS THAN 1000 LBS AFTER FUELING? IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO TURN ON THE CTR TANK PUMPS TO DEFUEL THE CTR TANK IF THERE IS 1700 LBS OF FUEL IN THE CTR TANK? IF THIS IS OK CAN WE DO IT WITH PAX ONBOARD?
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.