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MD88 crew had difficulty getting corrected release from company to show fuel as loaded on the aircraft after considering a non standard unusable fuel due to maintenance problems.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 453200 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mlu.airport |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 453200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aft center fuel pump was on maintenance carryover as weak. MEL said to consider center tank fuel unusable. Wing tanks were full and center tank had about 1000 pounds of fuel in it. Tried to get dispatch to change fuel numbers, but by the time we received release and no real changes were made, I just made my own small changes and departed. This was safe because the difference between block fuel and minimum for takeoff was 1700 pounds and we only had 1000 pounds of block that was unusable. That gave us 700 pounds for start and taxi. We only burned 300 pounds of the 700 pounds on ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD88 CREW HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING CORRECTED RELEASE FROM COMPANY TO SHOW FUEL AS LOADED ON THE ACFT AFTER CONSIDERING A NON STANDARD UNUSABLE FUEL DUE TO MAINT PROBS.
Narrative: AFT CTR FUEL PUMP WAS ON MAINT CARRYOVER AS WEAK. MEL SAID TO CONSIDER CTR TANK FUEL UNUSABLE. WING TANKS WERE FULL AND CTR TANK HAD ABOUT 1000 LBS OF FUEL IN IT. TRIED TO GET DISPATCH TO CHANGE FUEL NUMBERS, BUT BY THE TIME WE RECEIVED RELEASE AND NO REAL CHANGES WERE MADE, I JUST MADE MY OWN SMALL CHANGES AND DEPARTED. THIS WAS SAFE BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BTWN BLOCK FUEL AND MINIMUM FOR TKOF WAS 1700 LBS AND WE ONLY HAD 1000 LBS OF BLOCK THAT WAS UNUSABLE. THAT GAVE US 700 LBS FOR START AND TAXI. WE ONLY BURNED 300 LBS OF THE 700 LBS ON GND.
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.