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MD80 returns to gate when advised of improper loading which resulted in center of gravity out of limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 669243 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea.airport |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time total : 240 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 669243 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
After engine start and subsequent taxi; operations informed us we must return to the gate as the aircraft had been loaded incorrectly. The operations agent also added that they had loaded the aircraft out of center of gravity and that they had loaded differently than she had instructed them to.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 RETURNS TO GATE WHEN ADVISED OF IMPROPER LOADING WHICH RESULTED IN CTR OF GRAVITY OUT OF LIMITS.
Narrative: AFTER ENG START AND SUBSEQUENT TAXI; OPS INFORMED US WE MUST RETURN TO THE GATE AS THE ACFT HAD BEEN LOADED INCORRECTLY. THE OPS AGENT ALSO ADDED THAT THEY HAD LOADED THE ACFT OUT OF CTR OF GRAVITY AND THAT THEY HAD LOADED DIFFERENTLY THAN SHE HAD INSTRUCTED THEM TO.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.