A310 flight crew depart eddm without obtaining final weight manifest.

Attributes
ACN	601323
Time
Date	200312
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : eddm.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A310
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	601323
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport Company Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Prior to departure (block-out) we are required to send a 'final weight and balance' which has the maximum takeoff gross weight annotated, through ACARS. If it all works normally, we get an audio 'bong' with the final weight and balance, in which I then put my employee number and takeoff gross weight, and then send it prior to block-out. In this situation, we didn't get the final bong, and due to other distrs, we blocked out without sending it. The distrs were: deicing, slot time, busy leg, last leg of our pairing, last min clearance which gave us an unanticipated runway, foreign field with many unique procedural items to brief. I'm going to suggest to our company that they add something to checklist to ensure this gets accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A310 FLT CREW DEPART EDDM WITHOUT OBTAINING FINAL WT MANIFEST.

Narrative: PRIOR TO DEP (BLOCK-OUT) WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND A 'FINAL WT AND BAL' WHICH HAS THE MAX TKOF GROSS WT ANNOTATED, THROUGH ACARS. IF IT ALL WORKS NORMALLY, WE GET AN AUDIO 'BONG' WITH THE FINAL WT AND BAL, IN WHICH I THEN PUT MY EMPLOYEE NUMBER AND TKOF GROSS WT, AND THEN SEND IT PRIOR TO BLOCK-OUT. IN THIS SIT, WE DIDN'T GET THE FINAL BONG, AND DUE TO OTHER DISTRS, WE BLOCKED OUT WITHOUT SENDING IT. THE DISTRS WERE: DEICING, SLOT TIME, BUSY LEG, LAST LEG OF OUR PAIRING, LAST MIN CLRNC WHICH GAVE US AN UNANTICIPATED RWY, FOREIGN FIELD WITH MANY UNIQUE PROCEDURAL ITEMS TO BRIEF. I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO OUR COMPANY THAT THEY ADD SOMETHING TO CHKLIST TO ENSURE THIS GETS ACCOMPLISHED.

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.