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B727 PIC report on accepting aircraft at dfw for flight with a mismatch on the aircraft number as pertaining to actual aircraft number versus release papers. Discovered error while en route on frequency with ZFW.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 481650 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : cqy.vortac |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl single value : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : ns.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 481650 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
During flight, was informed by so that aircraft number did not match weight and balance paperwork. We contacted dispatch to get correct weights for our aircraft for landing computations. Rushing preflight paperwork checks because of late departure and crew fatigue (last leg of 4 day trip), and visually similar aircraft numbers contributed to error. As captain, I will personally review all paperwork from this point forward.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 PIC RPT ON ACCEPTING ACFT AT DFW FOR FLT WITH A MISMATCH ON THE ACFT NUMBER AS PERTAINING TO ACTUAL ACFT NUMBER VERSUS RELEASE PAPERS. DISCOVERED ERROR WHILE ENRTE ON FREQ WITH ZFW.
Narrative: DURING FLT, WAS INFORMED BY SO THAT ACFT NUMBER DID NOT MATCH WT AND BAL PAPERWORK. WE CONTACTED DISPATCH TO GET CORRECT WTS FOR OUR ACFT FOR LNDG COMPUTATIONS. RUSHING PREFLT PAPERWORK CHKS BECAUSE OF LATE DEP AND CREW FATIGUE (LAST LEG OF 4 DAY TRIP), AND VISUALLY SIMILAR ACFT NUMBERS CONTRIBUTED TO ERROR. AS CAPT, I WILL PERSONALLY REVIEW ALL PAPERWORK FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
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.