Overweight landing due to planning fox WX deviation which was not necessary.

Attributes
ACN	311140
Time
Date	199507
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 8100 flight time type : 4800
ASRS Report	311140
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Normal revenue flight from ord-atl. After pushback and while taxiing, ATC rerted our flight due to WX along our intended route. Contacted chicago dispatch for a revised flight plan and fuel burn. Since the rerte required more fuel for dispatch, we returned to gate to increase our fuel load. After airborne, the WX had improved and we were cleared a more direct route to atl. This, of course, decreased our fuel burn and we landed at 156800 pounds. Maximum landing weight is 154500 pounds. I deemed it as safe to land overweight as to dump fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: OVERWT LNDG DUE TO PLANNING FOX WX DEV WHICH WAS NOT NECESSARY.

Narrative: NORMAL REVENUE FLT FROM ORD-ATL. AFTER PUSHBACK AND WHILE TAXIING, ATC RERTED OUR FLT DUE TO WX ALONG OUR INTENDED RTE. CONTACTED CHICAGO DISPATCH FOR A REVISED FLT PLAN AND FUEL BURN. SINCE THE RERTE REQUIRED MORE FUEL FOR DISPATCH, WE RETURNED TO GATE TO INCREASE OUR FUEL LOAD. AFTER AIRBORNE, THE WX HAD IMPROVED AND WE WERE CLRED A MORE DIRECT RTE TO ATL. THIS, OF COURSE, DECREASED OUR FUEL BURN AND WE LANDED AT 156800 LBS. MAX LNDG WT IS 154500 LBS. I DEEMED IT AS SAFE TO LAND OVERWT AS TO DUMP FUEL.

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.