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Flight crew of an medium large transport learned after flight that the actual aircraft weight and balance was not as reported prior to takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 324490 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| 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 | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 324490 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Weight and balance error. Was told no ballast in forward cargo hold, for mco-jax flight. In jax was told there was in fact 800 pounds ballast in forward cargo hold from mco to jax.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG LEARNED AFTER FLT THAT THE ACTUAL ACFT WT AND BAL WAS NOT AS RPTED PRIOR TO TKOF.
Narrative: WT AND BAL ERROR. WAS TOLD NO BALLAST IN FORWARD CARGO HOLD, FOR MCO-JAX FLT. IN JAX WAS TOLD THERE WAS IN FACT 800 LBS BALLAST IN FORWARD CARGO HOLD FROM MCO TO JAX.
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.