Narrative:

The flight was a continuous duty overnight. The crew arrived at the hotel late and had an early departure. One of the flight attendants overslept, so we started off 15 mins later. The ground crew was anxious for us to make our departure time. The aircraft had maintenance the night before, so the first officer and I took a little more time than normal with our ground checks. The aircraft was full with a jump seater riding up front. When the first officer initially did the weight and balance, we exceeded our takeoff weight. I had him recalculate the weight and balance using the weight of children onboard and actual fuel weight, (we had initially rounded up). He recalculated the weight, and we were under our takeoff weight. The entire time I could tell the first officer was rushed in his calculations as the ground crew was impatiently waiting for us to leave and I may have been giving him 'body language' that I was impatient to leave as well as the schedule departure time, which had slipped by. I reviewed the weight and balance, and it looked good to me. As we approached our destination, I reviewed the weight and balance again. At this point I noticed that while our takeoff weight was below limits, we exceeded our taxi weight. I think the things that contributed to this were: tired, rushed from the beginning due to the late flight attendant, the first officer feeling pressure to get the paperwork done, and pressure to try and accommodate the jump seater.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ATR72 FLT CREW INADVERTENTLY EXCEEDED THE ACFT TAXI WT.

Narrative: THE FLT WAS A CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT. THE CREW ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL LATE AND HAD AN EARLY DEP. ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS OVERSLEPT, SO WE STARTED OFF 15 MINS LATER. THE GND CREW WAS ANXIOUS FOR US TO MAKE OUR DEP TIME. THE ACFT HAD MAINT THE NIGHT BEFORE, SO THE FO AND I TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN NORMAL WITH OUR GND CHKS. THE ACFT WAS FULL WITH A JUMP SEATER RIDING UP FRONT. WHEN THE FO INITIALLY DID THE WT AND BAL, WE EXCEEDED OUR TKOF WT. I HAD HIM RECALCULATE THE WT AND BAL USING THE WT OF CHILDREN ONBOARD AND ACTUAL FUEL WT, (WE HAD INITIALLY ROUNDED UP). HE RECALCULATED THE WT, AND WE WERE UNDER OUR TKOF WT. THE ENTIRE TIME I COULD TELL THE FO WAS RUSHED IN HIS CALCULATIONS AS THE GND CREW WAS IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR US TO LEAVE AND I MAY HAVE BEEN GIVING HIM 'BODY LANGUAGE' THAT I WAS IMPATIENT TO LEAVE AS WELL AS THE SCHEDULE DEP TIME, WHICH HAD SLIPPED BY. I REVIEWED THE WT AND BAL, AND IT LOOKED GOOD TO ME. AS WE APCHED OUR DEST, I REVIEWED THE WT AND BAL AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I NOTICED THAT WHILE OUR TKOF WT WAS BELOW LIMITS, WE EXCEEDED OUR TAXI WT. I THINK THE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WERE: TIRED, RUSHED FROM THE BEGINNING DUE TO THE LATE FLT ATTENDANT, THE FO FEELING PRESSURE TO GET THE PAPERWORK DONE, AND PRESSURE TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE THE JUMP SEATER.

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.