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Md-80S aircraft received erroneous load closeout, flight crew didn't check it and aircraft took off 18000 pounds heavier than planned.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 351440 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 351440 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
When we received load closeout, first officer remarked load fell off and we received new tps for departure for runway 36R at dfw. At rotation, airplane felt heavy and as I lifted off I noticed airspeed at V2 plus 25 KTS. This did seem out of normal. After leveloff I looked at closeout myself closer and saw that we had 39 passenger count on closeout -- not the 139 we actually had on board. I then contacted dispatch I had dispatch check with load to get an accurate zero fuel weight. We received a message from load that our ZFW was off by 18000 pounds. Contributing factors were rain and thunderstorms at dfw. We had a 2 1/2 hour delay and it was already after XA00 local time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD-80S ACFT RECEIVED ERRONEOUS LOAD CLOSEOUT, FLC DIDN'T CHK IT AND ACFT TOOK OFF 18000 LBS HEAVIER THAN PLANNED.
Narrative: WHEN WE RECEIVED LOAD CLOSEOUT, FO REMARKED LOAD FELL OFF AND WE RECEIVED NEW TPS FOR DEP FOR RWY 36R AT DFW. AT ROTATION, AIRPLANE FELT HVY AND AS I LIFTED OFF I NOTICED AIRSPD AT V2 PLUS 25 KTS. THIS DID SEEM OUT OF NORMAL. AFTER LEVELOFF I LOOKED AT CLOSEOUT MYSELF CLOSER AND SAW THAT WE HAD 39 PAX COUNT ON CLOSEOUT -- NOT THE 139 WE ACTUALLY HAD ON BOARD. I THEN CONTACTED DISPATCH I HAD DISPATCH CHK WITH LOAD TO GET AN ACCURATE ZERO FUEL WT. WE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM LOAD THAT OUR ZFW WAS OFF BY 18000 LBS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE RAIN AND TSTMS AT DFW. WE HAD A 2 1/2 HR DELAY AND IT WAS ALREADY AFTER XA00 LCL TIME.
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.