Air carrier widebody transport landing in excess of FAA approved landing gross weight.

Attributes
ACN	122625
Time
Date	198909
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : nre
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	122625
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

A diabetic passenger complained of illness. On the advice of a doctor on board and the mayo clinic, we returned to narita to get hospital attention for the passenger. We landed at narita with a gross weight of 648000 pounds, as our company recommends. Our maximum landing gross weight is 630000 pounds for the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR WDB LNDG IN EXCESS OF FAA APPROVED LNDG GROSS WEIGHT.

Narrative: A DIABETIC PAX COMPLAINED OF ILLNESS. ON THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR ON BOARD AND THE MAYO CLINIC, WE RETURNED TO NARITA TO GET HOSPITAL ATTN FOR THE PAX. WE LANDED AT NARITA WITH A GROSS WT OF 648000 LBS, AS OUR COMPANY RECOMMENDS. OUR MAX LNDG GROSS WT IS 630000 LBS FOR THE ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.