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A commercial fixed wing mdt was dispatched with the fuel servicing panel door open. Door was not secured by the fueler or discovered by the first officer on the walkaround inspection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 405260 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : eri |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 90 |
| ASRS Report | 405260 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Ramper forgot to close fuel door (refueling electrical panel door). And myself as first officer did not do a final check to assure security. I'm relatively new to this type operation, so therefore my preflight is somewhat still not totally integrated as I would like it. I have decided to do an initial preflight, then set up the flight deck, and then return to the tarmac to rechk security after refueling operation. If fuel amount on the gauges would indicate that airplane has been refueled already, I may omit second security preflight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING MDT WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE FUEL SVCING PANEL DOOR OPEN. DOOR WAS NOT SECURED BY THE FUELER OR DISCOVERED BY THE FO ON THE WALKAROUND INSPECTION.
Narrative: RAMPER FORGOT TO CLOSE FUEL DOOR (REFUELING ELECTRICAL PANEL DOOR). AND MYSELF AS FO DID NOT DO A FINAL CHK TO ASSURE SECURITY. I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS TYPE OP, SO THEREFORE MY PREFLT IS SOMEWHAT STILL NOT TOTALLY INTEGRATED AS I WOULD LIKE IT. I HAVE DECIDED TO DO AN INITIAL PREFLT, THEN SET UP THE FLT DECK, AND THEN RETURN TO THE TARMAC TO RECHK SECURITY AFTER REFUELING OP. IF FUEL AMOUNT ON THE GAUGES WOULD INDICATE THAT AIRPLANE HAS BEEN REFUELED ALREADY, I MAY OMIT SECOND SECURITY PREFLT.
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.