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A B737 PIC complains of changes in the company's operating procedures and manual for weight and balance calculations, but no changes were made to the manuals used by load planning and the flight crew's. Den, co.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 537926 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200202 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 537926 |
| 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 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
2 legs were flown. The carrier posted a revision to the aircraft weight and balance manual, completely revising the weight and balance procedures including what would be included in the operating weights of the aircraft. On both legs the weight and balance was computed by operations agents using their old manuals with the new information in the aircraft manuals. Upon arrival to den there was a memo posted stating that there was a revision in the aircraft manual, however none of the station weight and balance or the weight and balance information in the crew manuals had been changed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 PIC COMPLAINS OF CHANGES IN THE COMPANY'S OPERATING PROCS AND MANUAL FOR WT AND BAL CALCULATIONS, BUT NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE MANUALS USED BY LOAD PLANNING AND THE FLC'S. DEN, CO.
Narrative: 2 LEGS WERE FLOWN. THE CARRIER POSTED A REVISION TO THE ACFT WT AND BAL MANUAL, COMPLETELY REVISING THE WT AND BAL PROCS INCLUDING WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE OPERATING WTS OF THE ACFT. ON BOTH LEGS THE WT AND BAL WAS COMPUTED BY OPS AGENTS USING THEIR OLD MANUALS WITH THE NEW INFO IN THE ACFT MANUALS. UPON ARR TO DEN THERE WAS A MEMO POSTED STATING THAT THERE WAS A REVISION IN THE ACFT MANUAL, HOWEVER NONE OF THE STATION WT AND BAL OR THE WT AND BAL INFO IN THE CREW MANUALS HAD BEEN CHANGED.
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.