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E145 flight crew notified by company operations when positioning for takeoff that the actual aircraft weight was lighter than calculated. Actual aircraft weight was out of allowable center of gravity limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 633385 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200410 |
| Day | Fri |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 633385 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 633389 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Upon taking runway for takeoff, dtw operations contacted cockpit on communication #2 and informed crew of a mistake in cargo load. Load was 400 pounds less than originally calculated. Crew returned to gate and received proper paperwork for weight and balance and added 400 pounds of ballast. If not corrected, flight would have been out of center of gravity for takeoff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: E145 FLT CREW NOTIFIED BY COMPANY OPS WHEN POSITIONING FOR TKOF THAT THE ACTUAL ACFT WT WAS LIGHTER THAN CALCULATED. ACTUAL ACFT WT WAS OUT OF ALLOWABLE CTR OF GRAVITY LIMITS.
Narrative: UPON TAKING RWY FOR TKOF, DTW OPS CONTACTED COCKPIT ON COM #2 AND INFORMED CREW OF A MISTAKE IN CARGO LOAD. LOAD WAS 400 LBS LESS THAN ORIGINALLY CALCULATED. CREW RETURNED TO GATE AND RECEIVED PROPER PAPERWORK FOR WT AND BAL AND ADDED 400 LBS OF BALLAST. IF NOT CORRECTED, FLT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF CTR OF GRAVITY FOR TKOF.
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.