A B737-300 landed 5000 pounds overweight due to a fueling error not discovered by the crew.

Attributes
ACN	366870
Time
Date	199704
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4400
ASRS Report	366870
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Duty day was 12 hours due to WX diversion dtw-okc-iah. Okc was an unscheduled stop. Fuel load for okc-iah was supposed to be 21000 pounds. Aircraft was fueled to 29000 pounds. We did not catch mistake. Takeoff was legal based on available data. Landing was 5000 pounds overweight. Touchdown was very smooth (wet runway) at iah. Ground speed was 134 KTS. No aircraft damage. Problem caused by fatigue of pilots and irregular/unscheduled operations. Checklist response was 21000 pounds but did not reflect actual fuel load.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 LANDED 5000 LBS OVERWT DUE TO A FUELING ERROR NOT DISCOVERED BY THE CREW.

Narrative: DUTY DAY WAS 12 HRS DUE TO WX DIVERSION DTW-OKC-IAH. OKC WAS AN UNSCHEDULED STOP. FUEL LOAD FOR OKC-IAH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 21000 LBS. ACFT WAS FUELED TO 29000 LBS. WE DID NOT CATCH MISTAKE. TKOF WAS LEGAL BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA. LNDG WAS 5000 LBS OVERWT. TOUCHDOWN WAS VERY SMOOTH (WET RWY) AT IAH. GND SPD WAS 134 KTS. NO ACFT DAMAGE. PROB CAUSED BY FATIGUE OF PLTS AND IRREGULAR/UNSCHEDULED OPS. CHKLIST RESPONSE WAS 21000 LBS BUT DID NOT REFLECT ACTUAL FUEL LOAD.

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.