B737-500 FLC; UNABLE TO USE ENTIRE RWY; MAKE OVERWT TKOF FROM INTXN. MISINTERP OF TEMPORARY PERFORMANCE DATA. ERROR ADMITTED.
Synopsis
B737-500 FLC; UNABLE TO USE ENTIRE RWY; MAKE OVERWT TKOF FROM INTXN. MISINTERP OF TEMPORARY PERFORMANCE DATA. ERROR ADMITTED.
Narrative
ANOTHER ACR ACFT TAXIED OFF THE EDGE ON THE RWY. THE TWR ASKED IF WE COULD TAKE OFF FROM TXWY K; BEING THAT WE WERE BEHIND THIS ACFT. OUR PERFORMANCE FLT MANUAL HAS TEMPORARY DATA FOR THAT ARPT; AND I USED THIS DATA IN MY PERFORMANCE COMPUTATIONS. I AM NEW AT THE COMPANY (2 MONTHS); AND THE ARPTS I HAVE FLOWN INTO UP TO THIS POINT HAVE NOT; OR VERY FEW; NEEDED TO USE TEMPORARY DATA. HOWEVER; I WAS SURE WE WERE OK FOR TKOF BECAUSE OUR TEMPORARY DATA IS FOR ARPTS WITH UNUSUAL SITS; LIKE CONSTRUCTION TO RWYS AND TXWYS; THEREFORE; THE FULL LENGTH OF CERTAIN RWYS WOULD NOT BE USEABLE. THE CAPT ASKED ME IF WE WERE OK TO USE TXWY K; AND I ASSURED HIM WE WERE. ON THE TKOF ROLL; IT WAS MY TKOF; I NOTICED AND FELT THE CAPT ADDING MORE THRUST. WE ROTATED ON SPD AND LIFTED OFF WITH APPROX 1500-2000 FT REMAINING. WHILE ENRTE TO OUR DEST; WE RECALCULATED AND REALIZED THAT WE HAD EXCEEDED OUR TKOF WT LIMIT FOR THAT RWY FROM TXWY K. I HAVE LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON FROM THIS EXPERIENCE. ALTHOUGH I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH OUR PERFORMANCE COMPUTATIONS; I REALIZE THAT ONE SMALL OVERSIGHT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
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