OVERWT LNDG.

Date: 1995-09 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing · Phase: ground

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-unspecified

Synopsis

OVERWT LNDG.

Narrative

I PREPARED THE DISPATCH RELEASE WITH A PLANNED PAX LOAD OF 105 PEOPLE AND FUEL OF 38000 LBS. THE STATION ADDED 42 PEOPLE AND AN EXTRA 1000 LBS OF FUEL WAS ALSO ADDED. I WAS NOT INFORMED. AS I RELEASED THE FLT; IT WAS 1000 LBS BELOW MAX LNDG. THE EXTRA PAX AND FUEL CAUSED THE FLT TO LAND 7000 LBS OVERWT. IN THEORY; STATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO INFORM US OF INCREASES OF MORE THAN 10 PAX. THE CAPTS ARE SUPPOSED TO INFORM US OF INCREASES IN FUEL. WHEN THE STATION DID THE WT AND BAL; THEY DID NOT NOTICE THE TKOF GROSS WT WAS HIGHER THAN THE LNDG WT RESTR GROSS TKOF WT. IF THE STATION OR THE CREW HAD LOOKED AT THE PAPERWORK BEFORE TKOF; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS THE PLANE WAS TOO HVY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE OVERWT LNDG UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT THE CREW HAD REQUESTED AN OVERWT INSPECTION. THE CORRECT NUMBERS WERE GIVEN TO THE COCKPIT CREW; WHO DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY WOULD BE OVERWT UNTIL THEY WERE NEARING THEIR DEST. THE COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT THIS ACR USES WILL NOT MAKE UP A FLT PLAN IF THE PROPOSED LNDG WT IS MORE THAN THE MAX ALLOWABLE LNDG WT. THE RPTR HAS HEARD NOTHING FROM THE FAA ON THIS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.