B757 crew burned center tank fuel below 1000 pounds.

Attributes
ACN	562982
Time
Date	200210
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : abr
State Reference	SD
Altitude	msl single value : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zmp.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : j70.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	562982
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : center tank fuel guage other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance FAA Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Dispatched with fuel in center tank, including 1000 pounds for payload for center tank pumps awaiting inspection. With no other indications to alert other than overhead quantity gauges, we were distraction from monitoring by frequency changes and turbulence/ride reports and used that 1000 pounds of fuel in the climb. Pumps were turned off. No problems noted. Reported to company.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CREW BURNED CTR TANK FUEL BELOW 1000 LBS.

Narrative: DISPATCHED WITH FUEL IN CTR TANK, INCLUDING 1000 LBS FOR PAYLOAD FOR CTR TANK PUMPS AWAITING INSPECTION. WITH NO OTHER INDICATIONS TO ALERT OTHER THAN OVERHEAD QUANTITY GAUGES, WE WERE DISTR FROM MONITORING BY FREQ CHANGES AND TURB/RIDE RPTS AND USED THAT 1000 LBS OF FUEL IN THE CLB. PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF. NO PROBS NOTED. RPTED TO COMPANY.

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.