Air carrier freighter in a night operation performs an overweight takeoff. Too much fuel.

Attributes
ACN	319159
Time
Date	199510
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tjbq
State Reference	PR
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl
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 : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 78
ASRS Report	319159
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Weight and balance showed 33500 pounds fuel while actual fuel was 53500 pounds. Takeoff turned out fine due to slow rotation. Numbers were recalculated and found to be in tolerance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FREIGHTER IN A NIGHT OP PERFORMS AN OVERWT TKOF. TOO MUCH FUEL.

Narrative: WT AND BAL SHOWED 33500 LBS FUEL WHILE ACTUAL FUEL WAS 53500 LBS. TKOF TURNED OUT FINE DUE TO SLOW ROTATION. NUMBERS WERE RECALCULATED AND FOUND TO BE IN TOLERANCE.

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.