Narrative:

1) upon takeoff roll at rotation speed nose of aircraft slow to rotate. Aborted takeoff. 2) returned to gate to find out that aircraft was improperly loaded. 3) on tape from load planner mac trim was transmitted on radio as 9.4 mac (niner point 4). Crew understood it to be (nineteen point 4) over cockpit speaker. Wrong mac setting. 4) company to adopt new policy for crews to read back to load planner aircraft tail number, aircraft mac, aircraft zero fuel weight. After numbers are received by crew.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ABORTED TKOF.

Narrative: 1) UPON TKOF ROLL AT ROTATION SPEED NOSE OF ACFT SLOW TO ROTATE. ABORTED TKOF. 2) RETURNED TO GATE TO FIND OUT THAT ACFT WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED. 3) ON TAPE FROM LOAD PLANNER MAC TRIM WAS TRANSMITTED ON RADIO AS 9.4 MAC (NINER POINT 4). CREW UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE (NINETEEN POINT 4) OVER COCKPIT SPEAKER. WRONG MAC SETTING. 4) COMPANY TO ADOPT NEW POLICY FOR CREWS TO READ BACK TO LOAD PLANNER ACFT TAIL NUMBER, ACFT MAC, ACFT ZERO FUEL WEIGHT. AFTER NUMBERS ARE RECEIVED BY CREW.

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.