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Flight crew of an mdt took off with an incorrect weight and balance schedule resulting in the wrong aircraft performance speeds and trim settings for takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336298 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abe |
| State Reference | PA |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 130 |
| ASRS Report | 336298 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Departed abe with an inaccurate loading schedule causing incorrect v-spds and passenger loading for weight and balance during takeoff. Operations notified us of the discrepancy while airborne and corrections were made before landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MDT TOOK OFF WITH AN INCORRECT WT AND BAL SCHEDULE RESULTING IN THE WRONG ACFT PERFORMANCE SPDS AND TRIM SETTINGS FOR TKOF.
Narrative: DEPARTED ABE WITH AN INACCURATE LOADING SCHEDULE CAUSING INCORRECT V-SPDS AND PAX LOADING FOR WT AND BAL DURING TKOF. OPS NOTIFIED US OF THE DISCREPANCY WHILE AIRBORNE AND CORRECTIONS WERE MADE BEFORE LNDG.
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.