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An air carrier captain discovered while climbing to cruise from abq that the passenger manifest count was off and the aircraft weight was off by 5;800 pounds making the actual takeoff weight heavier than what was shown on the loading schedule.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1289957 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ABQ.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We closed out and pushed as scheduled; I failed to verify that the passenger onboard matched the flight attendant count. I wrote the correct number on my yoke as 143 sob. The loading schedule listed 110 ttl passengers. I had already briefed a full power takeoff due to departing runway 08 at abq toward the mountains. We took off as planned and while climbing to cruise altitude; we received an acars message from dispatch to adjust our ZFW to 115;263. We had it as 109;463. A difference of 5;800 pounds. We adjusted our ZFW and then compared the numbers. That's where we found the difference in passengers onboard. I should have caught the difference while doing the before push checklist and verifying the weights. Our actual takeoff weight was 132;163; our actual landing weight was 124;363.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Captain discovered while climbing to cruise from ABQ that the passenger manifest count was off and the aircraft weight was off by 5;800 pounds making the actual takeoff weight heavier than what was shown on the loading schedule.
Narrative: We closed out and pushed as scheduled; I failed to verify that the Passenger onboard matched the Flight Attendant count. I wrote the correct number on my yoke as 143 SOB. The loading schedule listed 110 TTL Passengers. I had already briefed a full power takeoff due to departing Runway 08 at ABQ toward the mountains. We took off as planned and while climbing to cruise altitude; we received an ACARs message from Dispatch to adjust our ZFW to 115;263. We had it as 109;463. A difference of 5;800 pounds. We adjusted our ZFW and then compared the numbers. That's where we found the difference in Passengers onboard. I should have caught the difference while doing the Before Push Checklist and verifying the weights. Our actual takeoff weight was 132;163; our actual landing weight was 124;363.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.