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A320 flight crew is dispatched and take off with incorrect cargo weight. New weights are sent via ACARS and updated in the mcdu.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 689600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground : takeoff roll |
| Route In Use | departure sid : unknown |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 689600 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 14500 flight time type : 5600 |
| ASRS Report | 689599 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Takeoff with incorrect weights. Received final weights and took off on runway 7. During climb; received ACARS message from load planning stating the following; 'sorry for the delay and to add to the insult; ramp showed 38 bags as 38 pounds of freight; correct weights to follow.' new weights showed an increase of 1102 pounds to the zero fuel weight and a 1.1% difference. Several calls to operations on the ground informed us that their scanner was broken and they were manually calculating the weights. The new weight was entered into the fuel predict page in the mcdu for correct landing vapp/vls speeds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 FLT CREW IS DISPATCHED AND TAKE OFF WITH INCORRECT CARGO WT. NEW WTS ARE SENT VIA ACARS AND UPDATED IN THE MCDU.
Narrative: TKOF WITH INCORRECT WTS. RECEIVED FINAL WTS AND TOOK OFF ON RWY 7. DURING CLB; RECEIVED ACARS MESSAGE FROM LOAD PLANNING STATING THE FOLLOWING; 'SORRY FOR THE DELAY AND TO ADD TO THE INSULT; RAMP SHOWED 38 BAGS AS 38 LBS OF FREIGHT; CORRECT WTS TO FOLLOW.' NEW WTS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 1102 LBS TO THE ZERO FUEL WT AND A 1.1% DIFFERENCE. SEVERAL CALLS TO OPS ON THE GND INFORMED US THAT THEIR SCANNER WAS BROKEN AND THEY WERE MANUALLY CALCULATING THE WTS. THE NEW WT WAS ENTERED INTO THE FUEL PREDICT PAGE IN THE MCDU FOR CORRECT LNDG VAPP/VLS SPDS.
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.