Widebody transport aircraft overfueled, taxies over maximum taxi weight.

Attributes
ACN	249225
Time
Date	199308
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cdg
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	249225
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aircraft overfueled by 3000 pounds. Fueler falsified fueling form, however flight engineer idented problem. Excess fuel was accepted by crew. During pushback, flight engineer determined that because of excess fuel, aircraft would arrive at runway 3000 pounds over maximum gross takeoff weight. Captain stated that if paper work was showing legal weights, the flight should proceed. Flight engineer and first officer refused. Crew decided to burn excess fuel during taxi and in the blocks at runway. After reaching runway, the crew realized that the aircraft had been taxied in excess of maximum taxi weight. Excess fuel was burned off and a normal takeoff made. A takeoff in excess of maximum gross takeoff weight was prevented by first officer and flight engineer. However, the distraction of the argument with the captain during and after pushback prevented the taxi weight issue from coming to any of the 3 crew member's minds. Cockpit resource management should point out the likelihood of additional oversights while resolving one disagreement. The original problem must be resolved, but care must be taken not to allow emotion of the moment to use up all residual attention.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT OVERFUELED, TAXIES OVER MAX TAXI WT.

Narrative: ACFT OVERFUELED BY 3000 LBS. FUELER FALSIFIED FUELING FORM, HOWEVER FE IDENTED PROB. EXCESS FUEL WAS ACCEPTED BY CREW. DURING PUSHBACK, FE DETERMINED THAT BECAUSE OF EXCESS FUEL, ACFT WOULD ARRIVE AT RWY 3000 LBS OVER MAX GROSS TKOF WT. CAPT STATED THAT IF PAPER WORK WAS SHOWING LEGAL WTS, THE FLT SHOULD PROCEED. FE AND FO REFUSED. CREW DECIDED TO BURN EXCESS FUEL DURING TAXI AND IN THE BLOCKS AT RWY. AFTER REACHING RWY, THE CREW REALIZED THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN TAXIED IN EXCESS OF MAX TAXI WT. EXCESS FUEL WAS BURNED OFF AND A NORMAL TKOF MADE. A TKOF IN EXCESS OF MAX GROSS TKOF WT WAS PREVENTED BY FO AND FE. HOWEVER, THE DISTR OF THE ARGUMENT WITH THE CAPT DURING AND AFTER PUSHBACK PREVENTED THE TAXI WT ISSUE FROM COMING TO ANY OF THE 3 CREW MEMBER'S MINDS. COCKPIT RESOURCE MGMNT SHOULD POINT OUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHTS WHILE RESOLVING ONE DISAGREEMENT. THE ORIGINAL PROB MUST BE RESOLVED, BUT CARE MUST BE TAKEN NOT TO ALLOW EMOTION OF THE MOMENT TO USE UP ALL RESIDUAL ATTN.

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.