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During an en route operations check, a flight crew failed to include an FAA air carrier inspector in the weight and balance calculation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 304741 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 275 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 304741 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 410 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2420 |
| ASRS Report | 304870 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
FAA inspector boarded aircraft and rode on cockpit jumpseat for en route operations check. Both first officer and myself failed to include inspector in weight and balance calculation inadvertently.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING AN ENRTE OPS CHK, A FLC FAILED TO INCLUDE AN FAA ACR INSPECTOR IN THE WT AND BAL CALCULATION.
Narrative: FAA INSPECTOR BOARDED ACFT AND RODE ON COCKPIT JUMPSEAT FOR ENRTE OPS CHK. BOTH FO AND MYSELF FAILED TO INCLUDE INSPECTOR IN WT AND BAL CALCULATION INADVERTENTLY.
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.