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First officer of an light transport turboprop computed the aircraft weight and balance with the wrong empty weight. However, the maximum weight or center of gravity limits were not exceeded.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426800 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cma |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 800 flight time type : 550 |
| ASRS Report | 426800 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Used wrong aircraft oew. Weight was off by approximately 75 pounds. Center of gravity and maximum weights still were not exceeded.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF AN LTT TURBOPROP COMPUTED THE ACFT WT AND BAL WITH THE WRONG EMPTY WT. HOWEVER, THE MAX WT OR CTR OF GRAVITY LIMITS WERE NOT EXCEEDED.
Narrative: USED WRONG ACFT OEW. WT WAS OFF BY APPROX 75 LBS. CTR OF GRAVITY AND MAX WTS STILL WERE NOT EXCEEDED.
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.