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My Propjet is very well placarded-even the aoa ports. I have custom gold decals with large JET A ONLY labeling as well as the 56 us gallon usable fuel surrounding the fuel filler holes. Most FBO's that I fly into require me to fill out a form asking for service. I actually had thought about this as I left the FBO upon arrival. However, the counter
attendant took my information and entered it into the computer herself correctly ie requesting JET A. It is rather amazing that given the look of the exhaust stacks and the placard, the correct information in the computer, my talking to the lineman(presumably a different one than refueled the plane) about my turboprop lancair, and the free wheeling prop that any reasonably trained lineman would put avgas into my plane.
But I guess Murphy's Law never sleeps......
Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Archived Message #67421 |
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Can I ask what labels are on the wing fueling area? All of the major fuel companies are supposed to have training and procedures, I'd slip a note in to whichever major company provides the fuel. You might get a free hat or something. Nobody wants that kind of negligence to persist because it can only lead to trouble and they need to do an audit on this place. Something went terribly wrong and needs to get fixed most likely. I don't know if you can file an SDR over this incident, but i'd try. I'd file a nasa report to get it into the database as well.
In Canada, we get slips off the fueling truck, printed at the meter directly, with all the density and temp data. The pilot either signs for it or gets a copy on his bill. In the US, I find the ramp rat usually calls in the data to a front desk and that's a disconnect.
Many years ago the FAA mandated restricted filler plates for certified avgas planes. But, they did not mandate the Jet nozzles to be the wide format to prevent kerosene into pistons even though it is FAA policy that FBOs use wide nozzles to prevent misfueling.
This is an interesting BP page on the subject of wrong fuel. I particularly like the "no decal, no fuel" policy although I've never seen it in action.
http://www.bp.com/business/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9038531&contentId=7070677
Uggh, that's why I search for self-serve when possible.
your report is a valuable reminder of what happens when away from the plane.
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