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A B777 diverted to an overweight landing after water ran out with 6 hours of flight time remaining. Air carrier policy to lighten aircraft means less water is loaded.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 793787 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain observation : company check pilot oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 125 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 793787 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Diverted into ZZZ and had subsequent overweight landing. This diversion due to flight being under-svced with potable water in ZZZ. Flight ran out of water approximately 6 hours into a 12 hour flight. Landing was approximately 10000 pounds over maximum landing weight. Touchdown was smooth. Aircraft was inspected by maintenance and released. Flight continued to destination approximately 3 hours late.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B777 DIVERTED TO AN OVERWEIGHT LNDG AFTER WATER RAN OUT WITH 6 HOURS OF FLT TIME REMAINING. ACR POLICY TO LIGHTEN ACFT MEANS LESS WATER IS LOADED.
Narrative: DIVERTED INTO ZZZ AND HAD SUBSEQUENT OVERWT LNDG. THIS DIVERSION DUE TO FLT BEING UNDER-SVCED WITH POTABLE WATER IN ZZZ. FLT RAN OUT OF WATER APPROX 6 HRS INTO A 12 HR FLT. LNDG WAS APPROX 10000 LBS OVER MAX LNDG WT. TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH. ACFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINT AND RELEASED. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST APPROX 3 HRS LATE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.