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Flight crew of ATR42 feels a jolt and upon investigating sights fuel pouring out of the upper right wing refueling port. The fuel truck had attempted to drive away with the fuel hose still attached to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 410727 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 42 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 410727 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft was parked at the gate with no engines running. The aircraft was almost fully boarded when I felt a very hard jolt to the aircraft. Thinking we were hit by a service vehicle I went to the back and opened the right rear service door. I could see that the fuel truck had attempted to drive off with fuel hose still attached to the aircraft. Fuel was pouring out of upper right wing refueling port. Passenger were evacuate/evacuationed out of left main cabin door. Went back to cockpit to run emergency evacuation checklist. Turns out the fueler was new and reports I heard from station personnel was that a fail safe switch on the fuel truck to prevent this was overridden somehow. Fire department was called.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF ATR42 FEELS A JOLT AND UPON INVESTIGATING SIGHTS FUEL POURING OUT OF THE UPPER R WING REFUELING PORT. THE FUEL TRUCK HAD ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AWAY WITH THE FUEL HOSE STILL ATTACHED TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: ACFT WAS PARKED AT THE GATE WITH NO ENGS RUNNING. THE ACFT WAS ALMOST FULLY BOARDED WHEN I FELT A VERY HARD JOLT TO THE ACFT. THINKING WE WERE HIT BY A SVC VEHICLE I WENT TO THE BACK AND OPENED THE R REAR SVC DOOR. I COULD SEE THAT THE FUEL TRUCK HAD ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE OFF WITH FUEL HOSE STILL ATTACHED TO THE ACFT. FUEL WAS POURING OUT OF UPPER R WING REFUELING PORT. PAX WERE EVACED OUT OF L MAIN CABIN DOOR. WENT BACK TO COCKPIT TO RUN EMER EVACUATION CHKLIST. TURNS OUT THE FUELER WAS NEW AND RPTS I HEARD FROM STATION PERSONNEL WAS THAT A FAIL SAFE SWITCH ON THE FUEL TRUCK TO PREVENT THIS WAS OVERRIDDEN SOMEHOW. FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED.
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.