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Md-80 crew notes difficulty they are having with airplanes acquired from another air carrier. In this incident the crew had a fuel burnout schedule problem when they were distracted by non standard ACARS operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 580833 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Sat |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz.artcc |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 580833 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Fuel burn. Burned fuel out of center tank before burning auxiliary fuel. Contacted dispatch and maintenance controller to discuss situation. Transferred the small amount of fuel that was in auxiliary tanks to the center tank and operation normal thereafter. Possible reasons for situation: connection through stl, first flight in aircraft for both pilots, distracted with ACARS operations or lack of and used to seeing auxiliary fuel gauges on capts panel. Thought all fuel was in center tank. Both pilots used good checklist discipline.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD-80 CREW NOTES DIFFICULTY THEY ARE HAVING WITH AIRPLANES ACQUIRED FROM ANOTHER ACR. IN THIS INCIDENT THE CREW HAD A FUEL BURNOUT SCHEDULE PROB WHEN THEY WERE DISTRACTED BY NON STANDARD ACARS OP.
Narrative: FUEL BURN. BURNED FUEL OUT OF CENTER TANK BEFORE BURNING AUX FUEL. CONTACTED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTLR TO DISCUSS SIT. TRANSFERRED THE SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT WAS IN AUX TANKS TO THE CENTER TANK AND OP NORMAL THEREAFTER. POSSIBLE REASONS FOR SIT: CONNECTION THROUGH STL, FIRST FLT IN ACFT FOR BOTH PLTS, DISTRACTED WITH ACARS OPS OR LACK OF AND USED TO SEEING AUX FUEL GAUGES ON CAPTS PANEL. THOUGHT ALL FUEL WAS IN CENTER TANK. BOTH PLTS USED GOOD CHKLIST DISCIPLINE.
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.