DC10 is flown with excessive cargo floor loading.

Attributes
ACN	348680
Time
Date	199609
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 30F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	348680
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	348684
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The occurrence was pertaining to the preparation of the weight and balance manifest with our cargo carrying system. We apparently exceeded a floor loading limitation by approximately 1000 pounds. The air carrier's cargo manifest is an extremely complicated document, which is very difficult to catch errors. During training when I was trained on this weight document we were taught to focus our attention on the fuel slope and weight computation. Example: zero fuel weight and gross takeoff weight. The document is actually prepared by our load master, and the load master signs it to guarantee its accuracy. As so's we were taught that the load master would prepare the document and to just look for anything that would stick out. Better training for so's as well as capts should be implemented so that they understand the document better and hopefully catch those kinds of errors. As a result the captain didn't catch the error either and we flew the aircraft to anc with an exceeded floor loading limit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 IS FLOWN WITH EXCESSIVE CARGO FLOOR LOADING.

Narrative: THE OCCURRENCE WAS PERTAINING TO THE PREPARATION OF THE WT AND BAL MANIFEST WITH OUR CARGO CARRYING SYS. WE APPARENTLY EXCEEDED A FLOOR LOADING LIMITATION BY APPROX 1000 LBS. THE ACR'S CARGO MANIFEST IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED DOCUMENT, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CATCH ERRORS. DURING TRAINING WHEN I WAS TRAINED ON THIS WT DOCUMENT WE WERE TAUGHT TO FOCUS OUR ATTN ON THE FUEL SLOPE AND WT COMPUTATION. EXAMPLE: ZERO FUEL WT AND GROSS TKOF WT. THE DOCUMENT IS ACTUALLY PREPARED BY OUR LOAD MASTER, AND THE LOAD MASTER SIGNS IT TO GUARANTEE ITS ACCURACY. AS SO'S WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THE LOAD MASTER WOULD PREPARE THE DOCUMENT AND TO JUST LOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD STICK OUT. BETTER TRAINING FOR SO'S AS WELL AS CAPTS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE DOCUMENT BETTER AND HOPEFULLY CATCH THOSE KINDS OF ERRORS. AS A RESULT THE CAPT DIDN'T CATCH THE ERROR EITHER AND WE FLEW THE ACFT TO ANC WITH AN EXCEEDED FLOOR LOADING LIMIT.

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.