MD80 crew had a 3000 pound weight discrepancy on various weight manifests.

Attributes
ACN	410930
Time
Date	199808
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
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 : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	410930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Close-out arrived. It showed takeoff weight 3000 pounds less than the revised manifest, as though it had been updated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HAD A 3000 LB WT DISCREPANCY ON VARIOUS WT MANIFESTS.

Narrative: CLOSE-OUT ARRIVED. IT SHOWED TKOF WT 3000 LBS LESS THAN THE REVISED MANIFEST, AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN UPDATED.

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.