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The flight crewof a DC9-30 charter flight is informed that their aircraft was 800 pounds overweight with unaccounted supplies in forward cargo hold after landing at sat, tx.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 578088 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200303 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mke.airport |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : takeoff roll |
| 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 : 23000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 578088 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 577567 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 5 disp |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Charter flight mke-sat. After landing in sat, my dispatcher informed me that we were over our payload weight by 800 pounds, because the ramp supervisor did not inform anyone that additional supplies had been put into the forward bin until after we took off.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLT CREWOF A DC9-30 CHARTER FLT IS INFORMED THAT THEIR ACFT WAS 800 LBS OVERWT WITH UNACCOUNTED SUPPLIES IN FORWARD CARGO HOLD AFTER LNDG AT SAT, TX.
Narrative: CHARTER FLT MKE-SAT. AFTER LNDG IN SAT, MY DISPATCHER INFORMED ME THAT WE WERE OVER OUR PAYLOAD WT BY 800 LBS, BECAUSE THE RAMP SUPVR DID NOT INFORM ANYONE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE FORWARD BIN UNTIL AFTER WE TOOK OFF.
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.