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An ERJ145 PIC and first officer fail to note that the weight and balance load count does not include the 2 acm's in the cockpit until after departure from ewr, nj.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 436450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked ground : takeoff roll ground : taxi other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 436450 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Full flight. At go time, 2 acm's arrived at flight deck to request jump seats -- 1 pilot and 1 flight attendant. (Aircraft has flight attendant acm jump seat installed.) the weight and balance paperwork had already been initiated and the acm's were inadvertently left off. Later calculation revealed that the aircraft remained within weight and balance limitations at all times during the flight. Factors leading to this situation include: flight crew members being rushed, the captain's failure to thoroughly review weight and balance paperwork before signing, and the hurried pace during a late boarding/full flight process.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ERJ145 PIC AND FO FAIL TO NOTE THAT THE WT AND BAL LOAD COUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 2 ACM'S IN THE COCKPIT UNTIL AFTER DEP FROM EWR, NJ.
Narrative: FULL FLT. AT GO TIME, 2 ACM'S ARRIVED AT FLT DECK TO REQUEST JUMP SEATS -- 1 PLT AND 1 FLT ATTENDANT. (ACFT HAS FLT ATTENDANT ACM JUMP SEAT INSTALLED.) THE WT AND BAL PAPERWORK HAD ALREADY BEEN INITIATED AND THE ACM'S WERE INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF. LATER CALCULATION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT REMAINED WITHIN WT AND BAL LIMITATIONS AT ALL TIMES DURING THE FLT. FACTORS LEADING TO THIS SIT INCLUDE: FLC MEMBERS BEING RUSHED, THE CAPT'S FAILURE TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW WT AND BAL PAPERWORK BEFORE SIGNING, AND THE HURRIED PACE DURING A LATE BOARDING/FULL FLT PROCESS.
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.