Weight and balance. Company procedure.

Attributes
ACN	522950
Time
Date	200108
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : p80.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time type : 736
ASRS Report	522950
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After a long day and flying our last leg back to ord, we realized that our zero fuel weight had increased 5700 pounds and we did not get a new release from dispatch. We had been involved in getting maintenance to fix the radar. The thunderstorms in the area caused our distraction. No one informed us our passenger count went way up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WT AND BAL. COMPANY PROC.

Narrative: AFTER A LONG DAY AND FLYING OUR LAST LEG BACK TO ORD, WE REALIZED THAT OUR ZERO FUEL WT HAD INCREASED 5700 LBS AND WE DID NOT GET A NEW RELEASE FROM DISPATCH. WE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN GETTING MAINT TO FIX THE RADAR. THE TSTMS IN THE AREA CAUSED OUR DISTR. NO ONE INFORMED US OUR PAX COUNT WENT WAY UP.

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.