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A B727 freighter crew departs lax without the fuel required to satisfy the FARS. The data in their flight release was for a flight 2 days prior to theirs. Lax, ca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 470430 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200004 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : takeoff roll ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 470430 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Heavy traffic from the hotel delayed our arrival to the lax airport limiting the preflight time for departure time. When we entered operations, I found our flight plans, releases and WX in a stack on the counter. I skimmed through the WX underlining pertinent information indicating VFR conditions for our destination and alternate and some precipitation from north texas through kansas. Upon reaching kansas, we had not seen any WX and I pulled the WX package out to show the captain where the precipitation was shown. I then noticed that the date on all of our WX was for apr/sat/00 (2 days earlier)for the same flight number. We talked to dispatch to get current WX and found our destination and alternate near approach minimums. In the future I will be more careful to look at the time and date that the WX package was made.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 FREIGHTER CREW DEPARTS LAX WITHOUT THE FUEL REQUIRED TO SATISFY THE FARS. THE DATA IN THEIR FLT RELEASE WAS FOR A FLT 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIRS. LAX, CA.
Narrative: HVY TFC FROM THE HOTEL DELAYED OUR ARR TO THE LAX ARPT LIMITING THE PREFLT TIME FOR DEP TIME. WHEN WE ENTERED OPS, I FOUND OUR FLT PLANS, RELEASES AND WX IN A STACK ON THE COUNTER. I SKIMMED THROUGH THE WX UNDERLINING PERTINENT INFO INDICATING VFR CONDITIONS FOR OUR DEST AND ALTERNATE AND SOME PRECIP FROM NORTH TEXAS THROUGH KANSAS. UPON REACHING KANSAS, WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY WX AND I PULLED THE WX PACKAGE OUT TO SHOW THE CAPT WHERE THE PRECIP WAS SHOWN. I THEN NOTICED THAT THE DATE ON ALL OF OUR WX WAS FOR APR/SAT/00 (2 DAYS EARLIER)FOR THE SAME FLT NUMBER. WE TALKED TO DISPATCH TO GET CURRENT WX AND FOUND OUR DEST AND ALTERNATE NEAR APCH MINIMUMS. IN THE FUTURE I WILL BE MORE CAREFUL TO LOOK AT THE TIME AND DATE THAT THE WX PACKAGE WAS MADE.
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.