B737-300, company load planning used regular passenger canned weights for a football team.

Attributes
ACN	526130
Time
Date	200109
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phx.airport
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dfw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15200 flight time type : 9500
ASRS Report	526130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Departed phx normally for pdx. After departure realized that a football team was onboard as regular passenger. Nowhere on any dispatch or weight and balance (soc) paperwork was this noted. Recalculating the passenger weight used by revenue working the weight and balance data. I discovered the standard passenger weights had been used and not sports team weights as required by fom. This resulted in an approximately error of 2700 pounds, which was not a factor in our performance as we departed 9000 pounds under maximum takeoff weight and we performed a full power takeoff. I bumped our landing weight by 2700 pounds to compensate for the overage. Miscom between reservations, gate, soc, planning, weight and balance and the load master resulted in this error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300, COMPANY LOAD PLANNING USED REGULAR PAX CANNED WTS FOR A FOOTBALL TEAM.

Narrative: DEPARTED PHX NORMALLY FOR PDX. AFTER DEP REALIZED THAT A FOOTBALL TEAM WAS ONBOARD AS REGULAR PAX. NOWHERE ON ANY DISPATCH OR WT AND BAL (SOC) PAPERWORK WAS THIS NOTED. RECALCULATING THE PAX WT USED BY REVENUE WORKING THE WT AND BAL DATA. I DISCOVERED THE STANDARD PAX WTS HAD BEEN USED AND NOT SPORTS TEAM WTS AS REQUIRED BY FOM. THIS RESULTED IN AN APPROX ERROR OF 2700 LBS, WHICH WAS NOT A FACTOR IN OUR PERFORMANCE AS WE DEPARTED 9000 LBS UNDER MAX TKOF WT AND WE PERFORMED A FULL PWR TKOF. I BUMPED OUR LNDG WT BY 2700 LBS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE OVERAGE. MISCOM BTWN RESERVATIONS, GATE, SOC, PLANNING, WT AND BALANCE AND THE LOAD MASTER RESULTED IN THIS ERROR.

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.