 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
B737-400 flight crew unable to receive ACARS weight and balance. First officer computes by hand 'in accordance with company procedures.'
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 368570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdu |
| State Reference | NC |
| 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 | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 368570 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 11200 flight time type : 3700 |
| ASRS Report | 368587 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Did not receive computerized weight and balance on ACARS. Computed information by hand and made takeoff. Supplemental information from acn 368587: a manual weight and balance was computed by crew in accordance with company procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-400 FLC UNABLE TO RECEIVE ACARS WT AND BAL. FO COMPUTES BY HAND 'IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY PROCS.'
Narrative: DID NOT RECEIVE COMPUTERIZED WT AND BAL ON ACARS. COMPUTED INFO BY HAND AND MADE TKOF. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 368587: A MANUAL WT AND BAL WAS COMPUTED BY CREW IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY PROCS.
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.