A hawker pilot started his engines with the fuel truck still near the aircraft engines.

Attributes
ACN	632587
Time
Date	200409
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	HS 125 Series 1-600
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	other personnel
ASRS Report	632587
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : gnd 1
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

A hawker was parked on the ramp of the jet center FBO. The flight crew arrived at the jet center and informed the line service personnel they would be departing. The aircraft had been parked on a segment of ramp where several other cpr jet aircraft were parked directly behind it. For this reason, the line service department did not want the aircraft departing from that location and informed the pilots the aircraft would have to be moved. The captain was irate at the fact the airplane would have to be moved and overall had a poor attitude dealing with the line service personnel. Needless to say, the aircraft was towed to a better ramp location and fueled. However, because of the captain's temper and cocky attitude, he did not wait for the fuel truck to move before starting his engines. The 5000 gal fuel truck was parked approximately 5 ft behind the hawker as both engines were started. The line service technician fueling the airplane immediately moved the truck from behind the aircraft. No damage was done to the equipment, however, it was a hazard and was single-handedly caused by the captain's impatience and, in my opinion, the captain trying to 'show off' that he was not going to wait for anyone. As mentioned before, no damage occurred to the truck, however, unnecessary risk was placed on the line service technician behind the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HAWKER PLT STARTED HIS ENGS WITH THE FUEL TRUCK STILL NEAR THE ACFT ENGS.

Narrative: A HAWKER WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP OF THE JET CTR FBO. THE FLT CREW ARRIVED AT THE JET CTR AND INFORMED THE LINE SVC PERSONNEL THEY WOULD BE DEPARTING. THE ACFT HAD BEEN PARKED ON A SEGMENT OF RAMP WHERE SEVERAL OTHER CPR JET ACFT WERE PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND IT. FOR THIS REASON, THE LINE SVC DEPT DID NOT WANT THE ACFT DEPARTING FROM THAT LOCATION AND INFORMED THE PLTS THE ACFT WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED. THE CAPT WAS IRATE AT THE FACT THE AIRPLANE WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED AND OVERALL HAD A POOR ATTITUDE DEALING WITH THE LINE SVC PERSONNEL. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO A BETTER RAMP LOCATION AND FUELED. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE CAPT'S TEMPER AND COCKY ATTITUDE, HE DID NOT WAIT FOR THE FUEL TRUCK TO MOVE BEFORE STARTING HIS ENGS. THE 5000 GAL FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED APPROX 5 FT BEHIND THE HAWKER AS BOTH ENGS WERE STARTED. THE LINE SVC TECHNICIAN FUELING THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY MOVED THE TRUCK FROM BEHIND THE ACFT. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE EQUIP, HOWEVER, IT WAS A HAZARD AND WAS SINGLE-HANDEDLY CAUSED BY THE CAPT'S IMPATIENCE AND, IN MY OPINION, THE CAPT TRYING TO 'SHOW OFF' THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR ANYONE. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE TRUCK, HOWEVER, UNNECESSARY RISK WAS PLACED ON THE LINE SVC TECHNICIAN BEHIND THE AIRPLANE.

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.