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Flight crew departs with airplane that exceeded the 0 fuel weight limitation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 299917 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : kix |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 299917 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 300115 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
En route to iad in cruise flight, company notified us that the ramp had neglected to add an additional 10000 pounds to our 0 fuel weight. The error exceeded our structural 0 fuel weight limit but did not exceed our maximum landing weight. An uneventful landing was made at iad.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC DEPARTS WITH AIRPLANE THAT EXCEEDED THE 0 FUEL WT LIMITATION.
Narrative: ENRTE TO IAD IN CRUISE FLT, COMPANY NOTIFIED US THAT THE RAMP HAD NEGLECTED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10000 LBS TO OUR 0 FUEL WT. THE ERROR EXCEEDED OUR STRUCTURAL 0 FUEL WT LIMIT BUT DID NOT EXCEED OUR MAX LNDG WT. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS MADE AT IAD.
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.