ACR SMT OVERWEIGHT LNDG DUE TO INACCURATE LOAD MANIFEST.

Date: 1988-08 · Aircraft: Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified

Synopsis

ACR SMT OVERWEIGHT LNDG DUE TO INACCURATE LOAD MANIFEST.

Narrative

PAX LOAD WAS GIVEN TO THE CAPT PRIOR TO LEAVING OPS WHICH SHOWED 8 PEOPLE BASED ON THIS FLT. THE ACFT WAS FUELED TO 1400 LBS. 17 PAX ACTUALLY BOARDED THE ACFT. AMONG THE 17 PAX WAS A 1/2 WT CHILD. COMPUTED TKOF WT ON THE MANIFEST WAS 14085#. PLANNED FUEL BURN TO SLE; 200#; FOR A LNDG WT OF 13885# AT SLE. 2 PAX AND CHILD DEPLANED AT SLE WITH 3 BAGS. NO PAX OR CARGO WERE ADDED. AFTER LNDG AT OTM NOTICED 1 LOT OF CARGO WEIGHED 284#. CHKED BAG COUNT; FOUND 25 BAGS ON BOARD; PLUS 312# OF FREIGHT. PDX MANIFEST SHOWED 22 BAGS AND 199# OF FREIGHT. PDX BAG COUNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 28 BAGS. AFTER RECOMPUTING WTS FOUND THE FOLLOWING: PDX BAG COUNT 6 BAGS SHORT (147#). FREIGHT WT SHOWN ON MANIFEST WAS 113# UNDER ACTUAL WT ON ACFT. TOTAL ERROR ON MANIFEST WAS 260#. ACTUAL TKOF WT AT PDX WAS 14345#. ACTUAL FUEL BURN TO SLE WAS 230#. LNDG WT AT SLE; 14115#. MAX LNDG WT FOR THE ACFT; 14000#. PROB COULD BE REMEDIED BY MORE ACCURATE BAG COUNTS BY STATION PERSONNEL AND INSURE THAT CHANGES ARE GIVEN AND NOTED BY THE PERSON PREPARING THE MANIFEST.

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