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An air carrier inspector found that an air taxi pilot did not have a proper weight and balance sheet. The computations were redone.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 210621 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hnl |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ord |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 210621 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
During a ramp inspection, I was given a load manifest for weight and balance. I computed it and was satisfied. The dispatch takes the passenger weight and bags and writes them on the manifest. The inspector noticed a couple of handbags and questioned their weight. After a quick check with the dispatch, the bags had never been weighed. We weighed the bags and recomputed the weight and balance. It checked out ok, and I was released for the flight. Closer check on passenger weights and bags in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AIR CARRIER INSPECTOR FOUND THAT AN AIR TAXI PLT DID NOT HAVE A PROPER WT AND BAL SHEET. THE COMPUTATIONS WERE REDONE.
Narrative: DURING A RAMP INSPECTION, I WAS GIVEN A LOAD MANIFEST FOR WT AND BAL. I COMPUTED IT AND WAS SATISFIED. THE DISPATCH TAKES THE PAX WT AND BAGS AND WRITES THEM ON THE MANIFEST. THE INSPECTOR NOTICED A COUPLE OF HANDBAGS AND QUESTIONED THEIR WT. AFTER A QUICK CHK WITH THE DISPATCH, THE BAGS HAD NEVER BEEN WEIGHED. WE WEIGHED THE BAGS AND RECOMPUTED THE WT AND BAL. IT CHKED OUT OK, AND I WAS RELEASED FOR THE FLT. CLOSER CHK ON PAX WTS AND BAGS IN THE FUTURE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.