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A319 flight crew is over fueled by three thousand pounds and advises dispatch. A revised weight and balance is issued and the crew departs. Once airborne the crew is informed via ACARS that the aircraft is nose heavy and that the passengers in row seven need to be moved to the rear of the aircraft. No adverse flying qualities are noted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 984084 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201112 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 11000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 260 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 9300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
While waiting to for the fuel sheet before pushback I noticed we had 3;000 pounds of excess fuel. The fueler came to the flight deck and told us he was sorry that he had not checked the nose number of the aircraft before he fueled us. He said he had given us someone else's fuel load. I looked at the ZFW and the total fuel on board and realized we were 'light' and performance was not an issue. I told the fueler it was ok and not to worry about it. We then pushed back and requested new runway data with the new takeoff weight. We taxied out and my first officer sent an ACARS message to dispatch about the over fueling. He sent us a new flight plan; we then got takeoff clearance and we departed. After we were airborne; we received an ACARS from load planning saying we needed to move all passengers from seat row 7 for a forward center of gravity (cg). I called the flight attendants and they moved the passengers. The stab trim was approximately 22. The aircraft flight manual says the forward limit is 21 units at our takeoff weight. I believe that there was not enough time from the new flight plan request to takeoff for the dispatcher to have notified load planning of the changes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew is over fueled by three thousand pounds and advises Dispatch. A revised weight and balance is issued and the crew departs. Once airborne the crew is informed via ACARS that the aircraft is nose heavy and that the passengers in row seven need to be moved to the rear of the aircraft. No adverse flying qualities are noted.
Narrative: While waiting to for the fuel sheet before pushback I noticed we had 3;000 LBS of excess fuel. The fueler came to the flight deck and told us he was sorry that he had not checked the nose number of the aircraft before he fueled us. He said he had given us someone else's fuel load. I looked at the ZFW and the total fuel on board and realized we were 'light' and performance was not an issue. I told the fueler it was ok and not to worry about it. We then pushed back and requested new runway data with the new takeoff weight. We taxied out and my First Officer sent an ACARS message to Dispatch about the over fueling. He sent us a new flight plan; we then got takeoff clearance and we departed. After we were airborne; we received an ACARS from Load Planning saying we needed to move all passengers from seat row 7 for a forward Center of Gravity (CG). I called the flight attendants and they moved the passengers. The stab trim was approximately 22. The Aircraft Flight Manual says the forward limit is 21 units at our takeoff weight. I believe that there was not enough time from the new flight plan request to takeoff for the Dispatcher to have notified Load Planning of the changes.
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.