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Attributes | |
ACN | 920157 |
Time | |
Date | 201011 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | B757-200 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Parked |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 19000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
We were enroute when we discovered that the fuel sheet was incorrect and the aircraft was fueled with an out of tolerance situation. We computed that we had cleared fuel onboard at point of release. Crew arrived at airport and signed release #2 with a cleared fuel of 31.0 plus 500 taxi. Fueler came to aircraft and presented the fuel sheet with fuel at 31.5; but fuel sheet was out of tolerance. I advised fueler that this was unacceptable and had to be fixed.fueler returned to aircraft with issue #2 of the fuel sheet. Cleared fuel now showed 31.3 plus 500 taxi. We had 31.6 on board. Fuel sheet appeared to be correct; but later we found that it was out of tolerance. We discovered this enroute. With the new cleared fuel of 31.3 vs. 31.0 we requested a new release.dispatch sent the following message to ACARS 'how about I just update the [flight following reccord]; unless you really want a new flight plan for 300 pounds?' I requested a new release and was sent release 3.upon arrival I called the dispatcher and asked what had happened. He indicated that he had not issued a revised cleared fuel of 31.3 and did not know how it got on the revised fuel sheet. The questions that I would like answered are as follows: if cleared fuel is changed by dispatch; either up or down; is dispatch required to notify the captain? If dispatch did not change the cleared fuel from 31.0 to 31.3; how did the issue #2 fuel sheet get changed to 31.3 and who did it?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 Captain received multiple fuel boarded sheets he found to be out of tolerance.
Narrative: We were enroute when we discovered that the fuel sheet was incorrect and the aircraft was fueled with an out of tolerance situation. We computed that we had cleared fuel onboard at point of release. Crew arrived at airport and signed Release #2 with a cleared fuel of 31.0 plus 500 taxi. Fueler came to aircraft and presented the fuel sheet with fuel at 31.5; but fuel sheet was out of tolerance. I advised fueler that this was unacceptable and had to be fixed.Fueler returned to aircraft with Issue #2 of the fuel sheet. Cleared fuel now showed 31.3 plus 500 taxi. We had 31.6 on board. Fuel sheet appeared to be correct; but later we found that it was out of tolerance. We discovered this enroute. With the new cleared fuel of 31.3 vs. 31.0 we requested a new release.Dispatch sent the following message to ACARS 'how about I just update the [flight following reccord]; unless you really want a new flight plan for 300 LBS?' I requested a new release and was sent Release 3.Upon arrival I called the Dispatcher and asked what had happened. He indicated that he had not issued a revised cleared fuel of 31.3 and did not know how it got on the revised fuel sheet. The questions that I would like answered are as follows: If cleared fuel is changed by Dispatch; either up or down; is Dispatch required to notify the Captain? If Dispatch did not change the cleared fuel from 31.0 to 31.3; how did the Issue #2 fuel sheet get changed to 31.3 and who did it?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.