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EMB120. Company paperwork did not reflect the new aircraft weight and balance figures that were just determined by maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 540381 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 119 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 540381 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper documentation non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aircraft was re-weighed prior evening and new weight was shown on documents in the. New weight was not communicated to dispatch. As a result, release showed old aircraft weight. Load manifest was prepared with old weight as we did not check release aircraft weight with weight shown in the cane. Error was caught later in the day and corrected. New aircraft weight was about 150 pounds higher than old weight. Takeoff was well below new weight so aircraft was never operated over gross or out of center of gravity. Lesson: check release aircraft weight against aircraft weight shown on cane. An error was made, but we didn't catch it initially.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB120. COMPANY PAPERWORK DID NOT REFLECT THE NEW ACFT WT AND BAL FIGURES THAT WERE JUST DETERMINED BY MAINT.
Narrative: ACFT WAS RE-WEIGHED PRIOR EVENING AND NEW WT WAS SHOWN ON DOCUMENTS IN THE. NEW WT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO DISPATCH. AS A RESULT, RELEASE SHOWED OLD ACFT WT. LOAD MANIFEST WAS PREPARED WITH OLD WT AS WE DID NOT CHK RELEASE ACFT WT WITH WT SHOWN IN THE CANE. ERROR WAS CAUGHT LATER IN THE DAY AND CORRECTED. NEW ACFT WT WAS ABOUT 150 LBS HIGHER THAN OLD WT. TKOF WAS WELL BELOW NEW WT SO ACFT WAS NEVER OPERATED OVER GROSS OR OUT OF CTR OF GRAVITY. LESSON: CHK RELEASE ACFT WT AGAINST ACFT WT SHOWN ON CANE. AN ERROR WAS MADE, BUT WE DIDN'T CATCH IT INITIALLY.
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.