NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Pilot reported a fuel pressure fuel pump light illuminated during approach. The standby fuel pumps did not activate as expected and the Pilot made a precautionary landing and turned the aircraft over to Maintenance.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
While on the ZZZZZ arrival for landing at ZZZ fuel pressure fuel pump light came on. Stand-by pumps did not activate. Made precaution landing at ZZZ1 airport as required by the pilot operation quick reference check list. Aircraft landed with 220 gallons remaining. Maintenance personal thinks the fuel may have Gel in fuel particle separator. Aircraft fuel did have fuel anti icing agent prior to departure.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Aircraft Equipment Problem
- Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural
- Inflight Event / Encounter
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Aircraft · Human Factors · Procedure
- Primary Problem
- Aircraft
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.