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Actual takeoff weight above dispatch release weight. Weight was still below maximum takeoff performance, but the dispatch release should have been revised to comply with actual weight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 332060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : adk |
| State Reference | AK |
| 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 | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 332060 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 332407 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure 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:
We took off from adak NAS and realized after departure we were above the allowable takeoff weight on our dispatch release. We were well under any maximum takeoff weight performance weight for runway 36 and had a significant headwind also on takeoff from that runway. This flight was a military charter flight and we compute our own weight and balance data. In this case there is a tendency to not xfer the numbers onto the flight release paperwork until time permits. Our fuel was above the minimum for the release and was more than sufficient for the flight at the increased weight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACTUAL TKOF WT ABOVE DISPATCH RELEASE WT. WT WAS STILL BELOW MAX TKOF PERFORMANCE, BUT THE DISPATCH RELEASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVISED TO COMPLY WITH ACTUAL WT.
Narrative: WE TOOK OFF FROM ADAK NAS AND REALIZED AFTER DEP WE WERE ABOVE THE ALLOWABLE TKOF WT ON OUR DISPATCH RELEASE. WE WERE WELL UNDER ANY MAX TKOF WT PERFORMANCE WT FOR RWY 36 AND HAD A SIGNIFICANT HEADWIND ALSO ON TKOF FROM THAT RWY. THIS FLT WAS A MIL CHARTER FLT AND WE COMPUTE OUR OWN WT AND BAL DATA. IN THIS CASE THERE IS A TENDENCY TO NOT XFER THE NUMBERS ONTO THE FLT RELEASE PAPERWORK UNTIL TIME PERMITS. OUR FUEL WAS ABOVE THE MINIMUM FOR THE RELEASE AND WAS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR THE FLT AT THE INCREASED WT.
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.