Narrative:

After a flight to kena, we returned to anchorage. When we landed, the captain gave the fuel order for the next trip. We had a 2 hour break between flts. When we returned from our break, we met in the airplane and I was giving the safety briefing. While I was giving the briefing the captain started the engines. The briefing took a little longer than normal, because there was a child that needed assistance with his seat belt. When I was buckled in, we did the after start checklist. The before start checklist was not done. As we taxied for departure (about 1 min), we did the before takeoff checklist. It was my leg to fly, so I took the controls once straight on the runway. As we climbed out, the captain called in our off times and our fuel load. We were cleared direct to homer at 6000 ft. After 20 mins we were given 5000 ft and asked by center which approach we wanted into homer. The captain responded to center and a few mins later said to me that we had not been fueled in anchorage. We decided that even though we had enough fuel to get to homer, it would be better to divert to kenai and get fuel. We called center and got direct kenai which was about 15-20 mi away. We deplaned and got fuel then reloaded our passenger and continued to homer without incident. The captain I was flying with had been flying the twin otter for several yrs. I have been flying on the line for 1 1/2 weeks. I believe our problem started with lack of the checklist. The briefing took a little longer so the captain started the engines without the before start checklist. Once the engines were started the ramp person was waving us on so I got a taxi clearance and the captain started the after start and before takeoff checklist, the before start checklist is the only checklist that has the fuel gauges on it. Being new to the airplane and to commuter flying, I often find I am not ready to go as fast as my captain is. This makes me feel rushed and my captain feels a little anxious (or so it seems to me). Another issue is weight and balance. When doing weight and balance, the captain gives the fuel load and that is what I used for my weight and balance. In this case the fuel was never put on so my weight and balance was incorrect. After fueling in kenai, I re-did the weight and balance with the new fuel load. The problem should have been caught with the before start checklist but it was not done. It also should have been discovered when the off times and the fuel load were called in. The captain said he called it in by memory, not by looking at the gauges. To prevent this problem from happening again, I think checklist use has to be done even if that means delaying a flight by a few mins. As a new first officer, things take me a little longer and I need to tell my captain to allow me a little more time to accomplish my tasks.

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Title: ACR FLT TAKES OFF WITHOUT HAVING BEEN FUELED.

Narrative: AFTER A FLT TO KENA, WE RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE. WHEN WE LANDED, THE CAPT GAVE THE FUEL ORDER FOR THE NEXT TRIP. WE HAD A 2 HR BREAK BTWN FLTS. WHEN WE RETURNED FROM OUR BREAK, WE MET IN THE AIRPLANE AND I WAS GIVING THE SAFETY BRIEFING. WHILE I WAS GIVING THE BRIEFING THE CAPT STARTED THE ENGS. THE BRIEFING TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL, BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHILD THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH HIS SEAT BELT. WHEN I WAS BUCKLED IN, WE DID THE AFTER START CHKLIST. THE BEFORE START CHKLIST WAS NOT DONE. AS WE TAXIED FOR DEP (ABOUT 1 MIN), WE DID THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST. IT WAS MY LEG TO FLY, SO I TOOK THE CTLS ONCE STRAIGHT ON THE RWY. AS WE CLBED OUT, THE CAPT CALLED IN OUR OFF TIMES AND OUR FUEL LOAD. WE WERE CLRED DIRECT TO HOMER AT 6000 FT. AFTER 20 MINS WE WERE GIVEN 5000 FT AND ASKED BY CTR WHICH APCH WE WANTED INTO HOMER. THE CAPT RESPONDED TO CTR AND A FEW MINS LATER SAID TO ME THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN FUELED IN ANCHORAGE. WE DECIDED THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO GET TO HOMER, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DIVERT TO KENAI AND GET FUEL. WE CALLED CTR AND GOT DIRECT KENAI WHICH WAS ABOUT 15-20 MI AWAY. WE DEPLANED AND GOT FUEL THEN RELOADED OUR PAX AND CONTINUED TO HOMER WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CAPT I WAS FLYING WITH HAD BEEN FLYING THE TWIN OTTER FOR SEVERAL YRS. I HAVE BEEN FLYING ON THE LINE FOR 1 1/2 WKS. I BELIEVE OUR PROB STARTED WITH LACK OF THE CHKLIST. THE BRIEFING TOOK A LITTLE LONGER SO THE CAPT STARTED THE ENGS WITHOUT THE BEFORE START CHKLIST. ONCE THE ENGS WERE STARTED THE RAMP PERSON WAS WAVING US ON SO I GOT A TAXI CLRNC AND THE CAPT STARTED THE AFTER START AND BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST, THE BEFORE START CHKLIST IS THE ONLY CHKLIST THAT HAS THE FUEL GAUGES ON IT. BEING NEW TO THE AIRPLANE AND TO COMMUTER FLYING, I OFTEN FIND I AM NOT READY TO GO AS FAST AS MY CAPT IS. THIS MAKES ME FEEL RUSHED AND MY CAPT FEELS A LITTLE ANXIOUS (OR SO IT SEEMS TO ME). ANOTHER ISSUE IS WT AND BAL. WHEN DOING WT AND BAL, THE CAPT GIVES THE FUEL LOAD AND THAT IS WHAT I USED FOR MY WT AND BAL. IN THIS CASE THE FUEL WAS NEVER PUT ON SO MY WT AND BAL WAS INCORRECT. AFTER FUELING IN KENAI, I RE-DID THE WT AND BAL WITH THE NEW FUEL LOAD. THE PROB SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH THE BEFORE START CHKLIST BUT IT WAS NOT DONE. IT ALSO SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WHEN THE OFF TIMES AND THE FUEL LOAD WERE CALLED IN. THE CAPT SAID HE CALLED IT IN BY MEMORY, NOT BY LOOKING AT THE GAUGES. TO PREVENT THIS PROB FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, I THINK CHKLIST USE HAS TO BE DONE EVEN IF THAT MEANS DELAYING A FLT BY A FEW MINS. AS A NEW FO, THINGS TAKE ME A LITTLE LONGER AND I NEED TO TELL MY CAPT TO ALLOW ME A LITTLE MORE TIME TO ACCOMPLISH MY TASKS.

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.