<< >> NASA ASRS Report 204927, March 1992

Aircraft equipment problem causes widebody transport to return land. Aircraft weight over maximum authorized landing weight and no report made of same.

Attributes
ACN	204927
Time
Date	199203
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : anc
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
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 : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	204927
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

About 1 hour out of anchorage on a flight from anc-ord, a main deck cargo fire warning light illuminated steady. We asked for and received an ATC clearance to return to anc. The fire warning light later proved to be a false indication. The subject of this report concerns our failure to fill out a report on our subsequent overweight landing at anc. We landed at 639000 pounds, 9000 pounds over the maximum landing weight of 630000 pounds. (We used runway 14 at anc) since we did not fill out the required overweight landing report the aircraft flew 2 more legs until someone realized that an overweight landing inspection was required. I was not aware of the requirement for this report. In our company the requirement for this type of report is communicated by word of mouth. I think a better ground school would help.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROBLEM CAUSES WDB TO RETURN LAND. ACFT WT OVER MAX AUTHORIZED LNDG WT AND NO RPT MADE OF SAME.

Narrative: ABOUT 1 HR OUT OF ANCHORAGE ON A FLT FROM ANC-ORD, A MAIN DECK CARGO FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED STEADY. WE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED AN ATC CLRNC TO RETURN TO ANC. THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT LATER PROVED TO BE A FALSE INDICATION. THE SUBJECT OF THIS RPT CONCERNS OUR FAILURE TO FILL OUT A RPT ON OUR SUBSEQUENT OVERWT LNDG AT ANC. WE LANDED AT 639000 POUNDS, 9000 POUNDS OVER THE MAX LNDG WT OF 630000 POUNDS. (WE USED RWY 14 AT ANC) SINCE WE DID NOT FILL OUT THE REQUIRED OVERWT LNDG RPT THE ACFT FLEW 2 MORE LEGS UNTIL SOMEONE REALIZED THAT AN OVERWT LNDG INSPECTION WAS REQUIRED. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS RPT. IN OUR COMPANY THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF RPT IS COMMUNICATED BY WORD OF MOUTH. I THINK A BETTER GND SCHOOL WOULD HELP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.