INEXPERIENCED AND FATIGUED FLT CREW OF E140 LAND OVERWEIGHT DUE TO FERRYING FUEL. COMPOUND PROB BY FAILING TO ADVISE MAINT OF OVERWEIGHT LNDG; AND NOT ADJUSTING WT AND BAL FOR NEXT LEG.
Synopsis
INEXPERIENCED AND FATIGUED FLT CREW OF E140 LAND OVERWEIGHT DUE TO FERRYING FUEL. COMPOUND PROB BY FAILING TO ADVISE MAINT OF OVERWEIGHT LNDG; AND NOT ADJUSTING WT AND BAL FOR NEXT LEG.
Narrative
WE HAD TO DO AN ICT TURN OUT OF STL AND THEN WE WOULD BE DONE WITH OUR 4 DAY TRIP. WE FOUND OUT THAT ICT RAN OUT OF FUEL. SO WE HAD TO TAKE AN AMOUNT THAT COULD GET US BACK TO STL. THE NEXT PROB WAS THE GATE AGENT LOADED TOO MANY PEOPLE ONBOARD. SO WE HAD TO DEAL WITH GETTING SOME PAX OFF THE ACFT. SO AFTER WE GET EVERYTHING UNDER CTL WE FINALLY PUSH BACK 5 MIN LATE AND WITH ONLY A 25 MIN TURN IN ICT WE START GETTING PRESSED FOR TIME. ON DSCNT BELOW 10000 FT; WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE STILL HEAVY SO WE PUT GEAR AND FLAPS 9 DEGS OUT TO BURN OFF THE EXCESS FUEL. TURNING FINAL WE KNEW IT WOULD BE CLOSE; BUT IT ENDED UP ABOUT 400 LBS OVERWEIGHT. THIS IS WHEN THE CHAIN OF EVENTS GET WORSE. SCARED; FATIGUED; FLUSTERED; INEXPERIENCE (ON BOTH OF OUR PARTS: CAPT A LITTLE OVER 2 YRS AND ME A LITTLE OVER 1 YR); WE BOTH PANIC. WE WANTED TO CALL MAINT AND RPT BUT DECIDED NOT TO. THIS WAS THE 1ST MISTAKE. THE NEXT ONE WAS ON THE WT AND BAL FOR TAKEOFF IN ICT. WE ALSO INDICATED 400 LBS LESS FUEL THAN WHAT WE HAD. HAD I NOT BEEN FATIGUED OR IF IT WAS THE 1ST LEG OF THE TRIP OR IF ICT JUST HAD FUEL; THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PROB. NOW THAT I KNOW HOW FAST THIS HAPPENS AND NOW THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCE I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. I WISH OUR COMPANY WOULD SPEND MORE TIME ON TRAINING AND CRM. I WORK FOR AN AIRLINE. THEY JUST DO THE BARE MINIMUM BY LAW. ALSO THE EMB ACFT HAVE LNDG WT ISSUES. MORE TIME SHOULD BE SPENT IN TRAINING ON WHAT TO DO IN THESE KINDS OF SITS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.