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2 engine widebody transport captain noticed after takeoff that his cautionary added fuel would result in an overweight landing at destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 500850 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200102 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| 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 : 15000 flight time type : 820 |
| ASRS Report | 500850 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel qty wt other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Added cautionary fuel and did not notice until after takeoff load planning failed to adjust payload to avoid overweight landing at destination. Takeoff weight ok. Recommend: computer should flag gross landing weight if greater than landing structural limit when fuel added to flight plan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: 2 ENG WDB CAPT NOTICED AFTER TKOF THAT HIS CAUTIONARY ADDED FUEL WOULD RESULT IN AN OVERWT LNDG AT DEST.
Narrative: ADDED CAUTIONARY FUEL AND DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL AFTER TKOF LOAD PLANNING FAILED TO ADJUST PAYLOAD TO AVOID OVERWT LNDG AT DEST. TKOF WT OK. RECOMMEND: COMPUTER SHOULD FLAG GROSS LNDG WT IF GREATER THAN LNDG STRUCTURAL LIMIT WHEN FUEL ADDED TO FLT PLAN.
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.