Air carrier widebody transport crew in violation of FARS and company policy airline management policy in not writing up overweight landing in logbook.

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Attributes
ACN	242681
Time
Date	199305
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : asu
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 63 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 63
ASRS Report	242681
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 109 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 109
ASRS Report	242683
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We diverted to asu because of fog at saez elected not to burn or dump fuel (3300 pounds) due to runway length of 11500 ft. After a very smooth landing and light braking, we felt an overweight inspection was unnecessary because we were not 3 percent over maximum gross landing weight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB CREW IN VIOLATION OF FARS AND COMPANY POLICY AIRLINE MGMNT POLICY IN NOT WRITING UP OVERWT LNDG IN LOGBOOK.

Narrative: WE DIVERTED TO ASU BECAUSE OF FOG AT SAEZ ELECTED NOT TO BURN OR DUMP FUEL (3300 LBS) DUE TO RWY LENGTH OF 11500 FT. AFTER A VERY SMOOTH LNDG AND LIGHT BRAKING, WE FELT AN OVERWT INSPECTION WAS UNNECESSARY BECAUSE WE WERE NOT 3 PERCENT OVER MAX GROSS LNDG WT.

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.