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A B737-300 was called back to the gate because an error in the weight and balance make the aircraft 800 pounds overweight for takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 837374 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200905 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 218 Flight Crew Type 7000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Gate Agent / CSR |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
At hold short we were called by operations on company frequency to return to gate as we were 'out of trim.' back at gate; agent told us we were over gross weight. On the load sheet; she used the planned weights for freight. After push she plugged the actual weights; putting us over allowable takeoff gross weight by 800 pounds. Agent said she felt rushed because the inbound flight was 30 minutes late; full passenger off and full passenger on; with pilot and flight attendant crew changes. She felt pressured to make the '20 minute turn' and used the planned cargo loading to save a couple of minutes
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 was called back to the gate because an error in the weight and balance make the aircraft 800 LBS overweight for takeoff.
Narrative: At hold short we were called by Operations on company frequency to return to gate as we were 'out of trim.' Back at gate; Agent told us we were over gross weight. On the load sheet; she used the PLANNED weights for freight. After push she plugged the ACTUAL weights; putting us over allowable takeoff gross weight by 800 LBS. Agent said she felt rushed because the inbound flight was 30 minutes late; full passenger off and full passenger on; with pilot and flight attendant crew changes. She felt pressured to make the '20 minute turn' and used the PLANNED cargo loading to save a couple of minutes
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.