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A B757 crew reported that new company procedures allowed the weight and balance to in error by 18;000 pounds which the crew caught because of a large passenger count discrepancy.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 997392 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201203 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Other Documentation |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
[We] received final weights showing passenger load 21/73 did not agree with planned load of 24/129. Checked with lead flight attendant and sent message to load planning. [We were] delayed 10 minutes to get new weights with proper load. Unsafe due to large change in weight had we used the first weight manifest and adjusted takeoff speeds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 crew reported that new Company procedures allowed the weight and balance to in error by 18;000 LBS which the crew caught because of a large passenger count discrepancy.
Narrative: [We] received final weights showing passenger load 21/73 did not agree with planned load of 24/129. Checked with Lead Flight Attendant and sent message to Load Planning. [We were] delayed 10 minutes to get new weights with proper load. Unsafe due to large change in weight had we used the first weight manifest and adjusted takeoff speeds.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.