<< >> NASA ASRS Report 605400, January 2003

Dispatcher corrects A319 zero fuel weight error with passenger weight adjustment.

Attributes
ACN	605400
Time
Date	200301
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	msl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
ASRS Report	605400
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Discovered that the structural check fuel was not accounted for on the dispatch weight manifest. Called load planning and had them put it in. This now showed the flight was 436 pounds over maximum structural zero fuel weight. The load planner asked me to ACARS the flight to get a kid count. The captain reported 5 children on board. When the load planner applied this, the flight was now 32 pounds under maximum structural zero fuel weight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISPATCHER CORRECTS A319 ZERO FUEL WT ERROR WITH PAX WT ADJUSTMENT.

Narrative: DISCOVERED THAT THE STRUCTURAL CHK FUEL WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE DISPATCH WT MANIFEST. CALLED LOAD PLANNING AND HAD THEM PUT IT IN. THIS NOW SHOWED THE FLT WAS 436 LBS OVER MAX STRUCTURAL ZERO FUEL WT. THE LOAD PLANNER ASKED ME TO ACARS THE FLT TO GET A KID COUNT. THE CAPT RPTED 5 CHILDREN ON BOARD. WHEN THE LOAD PLANNER APPLIED THIS, THE FLT WAS NOW 32 LBS UNDER MAX STRUCTURAL ZERO FUEL WT.

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.