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An S80 captain became suspicious about his load on rotation when he felt unusual pressures and upon landing when greater than average trim was required. Upon landing, he requested an off-load audit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 449011 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d10.tracon tower : iah.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground other : rotation landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 449011 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other other : load planner |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Due to pilot's perception of higher-than-normally-accustomed-to-feeling back pressure observed at rotate and higher-than-normally-accustomed-to-seeing airplane nose up trim observed for landing, suspected possible load close-out error and requested off-load audit at dfw.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN S80 CAPT BECAME SUSPICIOUS ABOUT HIS LOAD ON ROTATION WHEN HE FELT UNUSUAL PRESSURES AND UPON LNDG WHEN GREATER THAN AVERAGE TRIM WAS REQUIRED. UPON LNDG, HE REQUESTED AN OFF-LOAD AUDIT.
Narrative: DUE TO PLT'S PERCEPTION OF HIGHER-THAN-NORMALLY-ACCUSTOMED-TO-FEELING BACK PRESSURE OBSERVED AT ROTATE AND HIGHER-THAN-NORMALLY-ACCUSTOMED-TO-SEEING AIRPLANE NOSE UP TRIM OBSERVED FOR LNDG, SUSPECTED POSSIBLE LOAD CLOSE-OUT ERROR AND REQUESTED OFF-LOAD AUDIT AT DFW.
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.