CL65 crew finds possible fuel leak at oma. Departs 40 mins late.

Attributes
ACN	454300
Time
Date	199911
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oma.airport
State Reference	NE
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 7900 flight time type : 1450
ASRS Report	454300
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 950
ASRS Report	454588
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe ground encounters other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Arrived at oma from cvg. No fueling was necessary at oma. During postflt inspection, a possible fuel leak was discovered under left wing. It could not be determined where the source of the leak was, so company maintenance control was called. Company maintenance control and myself agreed that local contract maintenance should take a look at the possible leak. Contract maintenance arrived about 30 mins later and thoroughly inspected the possible leak. He then called our maintenance control and in conjunction with them, they determined that the leak was probably just a surge from the under wing naa duct vent that was in the vicinity of the possible leak. I then spoke with maintenance control and they shared his view and said that no maintenance write-up was necessary. The flight then departed oma uneventfully for cvg, albeit 40 mins late.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CL65 CREW FINDS POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK AT OMA. DEPARTS 40 MINS LATE.

Narrative: ARRIVED AT OMA FROM CVG. NO FUELING WAS NECESSARY AT OMA. DURING POSTFLT INSPECTION, A POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK WAS DISCOVERED UNDER L WING. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHERE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS, SO COMPANY MAINT CTL WAS CALLED. COMPANY MAINT CTL AND MYSELF AGREED THAT LCL CONTRACT MAINT SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE LEAK. CONTRACT MAINT ARRIVED ABOUT 30 MINS LATER AND THOROUGHLY INSPECTED THE POSSIBLE LEAK. HE THEN CALLED OUR MAINT CTL AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM, THEY DETERMINED THAT THE LEAK WAS PROBABLY JUST A SURGE FROM THE UNDER WING NAA DUCT VENT THAT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE POSSIBLE LEAK. I THEN SPOKE WITH MAINT CTL AND THEY SHARED HIS VIEW AND SAID THAT NO MAINT WRITE-UP WAS NECESSARY. THE FLT THEN DEPARTED OMA UNEVENTFULLY FOR CVG, ALBEIT 40 MINS LATE.

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.