Flight crew of medium large transport has boost pump lights activate during descent. They failed to turn on center tank boost pumps and had not burned fuel in center tank.

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Attributes
ACN	389020
Time
Date	199712
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rbv
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 18000 msl bound upper : 18000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	389020
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On descent into ewr, left and right main tanks aft low pressure boost pump lights illuminated. Realized we had not turned on center tank boost pumps and had not burned fuel in center tank. Turned on center tank boost pumps, no thrust deterioration, landing uneventful. I cannot point to factors leading to this occurrence. On leg from ewr-cun, we were selcaled and told we were flying back to ewr, versus laying over in cun. Rerte, plus did not sleep well the previous night. Need to be more vigilant of captain's actions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF MLG HAS BOOST PUMP LIGHTS ACTIVATE DURING DSCNT. THEY FAILED TO TURN ON CTR TANK BOOST PUMPS AND HAD NOT BURNED FUEL IN CTR TANK.

Narrative: ON DSCNT INTO EWR, L AND R MAIN TANKS AFT LOW PRESSURE BOOST PUMP LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. REALIZED WE HAD NOT TURNED ON CTR TANK BOOST PUMPS AND HAD NOT BURNED FUEL IN CTR TANK. TURNED ON CTR TANK BOOST PUMPS, NO THRUST DETERIORATION, LNDG UNEVENTFUL. I CANNOT POINT TO FACTORS LEADING TO THIS OCCURRENCE. ON LEG FROM EWR-CUN, WE WERE SELCALED AND TOLD WE WERE FLYING BACK TO EWR, VERSUS LAYING OVER IN CUN. RERTE, PLUS DID NOT SLEEP WELL THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. NEED TO BE MORE VIGILANT OF CAPT'S ACTIONS.

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.