Interesting Fuel Problem in 738

[flyerguy7773 6]

Hey,

 

So I have had the 737NGX for a while and it has been working perfectly. Today though I flew KPHL-KORD in it and something very wierd happened with the fuel Loading.

 

I set up the aircraft same as I always do, programmed the FMC and loaded the fuel. I loaded about 15,000 pounds according to the FMC and FSX and FSC. Plenty of fuel to reach ohare. I flew the departure as usual, used VNAV, LNAV and the A/P same as always. Everything was normal. I then left for a quick 5 minute break, and when I came back there was 0lbs of fuel onboard and the engines were at idle. I have no idea why this happened. 

 

So, anyway, I flew the flight over later and it all went perfectly well.

 

Any ideas?

 

~Remy

[Jefferson 3]

All I can think of, is that MAYBE, again, maybe, I wasn't there so this is a guess.. Instead of 15.000 pounds you entered 1500 pounds? 

[flyerguy7773 6]

No, because it registered as 15,000lbs in FSC too. Also, FSC logs the fuel info and it shows somewhere around 13,500 on takeoff of fuel, and then right before I left it showed around 9,800lbs. When I came back it registered 0. I was gone for less than 5 minutes and everything was fine before with the FMC showing a prediction of a bit more than 4,000lbs of fuel on landing. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Remy Mermelstein<br />777-300 FS Pilot