<< >> NASA ASRS Report 596512, October 2003

A B757 PIC departs with 12400 pounds of fuel over and above what the dispatch release called for at mdpp, first officer.

Attributes
ACN	596512
Time
Date	200310
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdpp.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
ASRS Report	596512
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Flight was pop-jfk, released with minimum release fuel, 34500 pounds. At some point after release, flight was issued an alert stating arrival fuel on previous inbound flight exceeded outbound release fuel. At that time, I was busy sending reports of moderate turbulence and thunderstorm sigmets to airborne flts. Load control contacted dispatch after flight X departed and stated flight had reported 46900 pounds of fuel on board. I looked at the reported arrival fuel on previous flight Y and told them that flight Y had arrived with that fuel on board. Flight was already airborne. Captain contacted dispatch later and advised that the tps and load closeout was incorrect for pop-jfk.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 PIC DEPARTS WITH 12400 LBS OF FUEL OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THE DISPATCH RELEASE CALLED FOR AT MDPP, FO.

Narrative: FLT WAS POP-JFK, RELEASED WITH MINIMUM RELEASE FUEL, 34500 LBS. AT SOME POINT AFTER RELEASE, FLT WAS ISSUED AN ALERT STATING ARR FUEL ON PREVIOUS INBOUND FLT EXCEEDED OUTBOUND RELEASE FUEL. AT THAT TIME, I WAS BUSY SENDING RPTS OF MODERATE TURB AND TSTM SIGMETS TO AIRBORNE FLTS. LOAD CTL CONTACTED DISPATCH AFTER FLT X DEPARTED AND STATED FLT HAD RPTED 46900 LBS OF FUEL ON BOARD. I LOOKED AT THE RPTED ARR FUEL ON PREVIOUS FLT Y AND TOLD THEM THAT FLT Y HAD ARRIVED WITH THAT FUEL ON BOARD. FLT WAS ALREADY AIRBORNE. CAPT CONTACTED DISPATCH LATER AND ADVISED THAT THE TPS AND LOAD CLOSEOUT WAS INCORRECT FOR POP-JFK.

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.