Company dispatcher advised flight crew of a DC8-71 cargo aircraft, after 1 pt 5 hours in-flight, that they had taken off with the wrong weight and balance computation since it was later found that there was another 3320 pounds of weight not included on the original takeoff weight and balance.

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Attributes
ACN	378650
Time
Date	199708
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ewr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8 70
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	378650
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft departed oak with inaccurate weight and balance. Aircraft had an additional 3320 pounds of payload than was on weight and balance given to captain. After 1 1/2 hours en route, company dispatch was advised of situation, and dispatch notified captain and gave him new center of gravity numbers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMPANY DISPATCHER ADVISED FLC OF A DC8-71 CARGO ACFT, AFTER 1 PT 5 HRS INFLT, THAT THEY HAD TAKEN OFF WITH THE WRONG WT AND BAL COMPUTATION SINCE IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER 3320 LBS OF WT NOT INCLUDED ON THE ORIGINAL TKOF WT AND BAL.

Narrative: ACFT DEPARTED OAK WITH INACCURATE WT AND BAL. ACFT HAD AN ADDITIONAL 3320 LBS OF PAYLOAD THAN WAS ON WT AND BAL GIVEN TO CAPT. AFTER 1 1/2 HRS ENRTE, COMPANY DISPATCH WAS ADVISED OF SIT, AND DISPATCH NOTIFIED CAPT AND GAVE HIM NEW CTR OF GRAVITY NUMBERS.

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.