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Flight crew of an light transport used wrong weights in computing the aircraft weight and balance prior to takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 320410 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199511 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : oma |
| State Reference | NE |
| 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 | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 320410 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I filled out the load manifest for the beechcraft 1900-D. After using summer weights for the last 6 months, I unknowingly used summer weights rather than the winter weights as per the load manifest change-over date, of nov/wed/95. As you can see on the copy of the load manifest, I was well under maximum allowable takeoff weight and within center of gravity. This event only occurred once, on the first leg of the first day. It is my belief that if air carrier would have put more emphasis on this change-over date, this event would not have occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT USED WRONG WTS IN COMPUTING THE ACFT WT AND BAL PRIOR TO TKOF.
Narrative: I FILLED OUT THE LOAD MANIFEST FOR THE BEECHCRAFT 1900-D. AFTER USING SUMMER WTS FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS, I UNKNOWINGLY USED SUMMER WTS RATHER THAN THE WINTER WTS AS PER THE LOAD MANIFEST CHANGE-OVER DATE, OF NOV/WED/95. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE COPY OF THE LOAD MANIFEST, I WAS WELL UNDER MAX ALLOWABLE TKOF WT AND WITHIN CTR OF GRAVITY. THIS EVENT ONLY OCCURRED ONCE, ON THE FIRST LEG OF THE FIRST DAY. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT IF ACR WOULD HAVE PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON THIS CHANGE-OVER DATE, THIS EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED.
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.