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An A320 pilot reports delays in receiving final weight manifest data from his company has impacted safety. Takeoff was made with brake temperatures technically right at the limit due in large part to ground maneuvering necessary to keep his aircraft out of the way of other traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 671060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200509 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : takeoff roll ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 671060 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : brake temp guage other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Company Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Aircraft arrived late at gate with hot brakes. Taxiing to runway 34R for departure; multiple aircraft at intersections F1; F2; F; and G awaiting load planning numbers. After declining 1ST takeoff clearance and having to return to the lineup due to lack of weight manifest numbers; we go a hot brakes ECAM at 300 on 1 right wheel. It peaked at 305 and then returned to 300 when we finally obtained weights and tower clearance. Due to the fact brakes were cooling; tower impatience; and reentering the line up would only increase brake temperatures; we elected to takeoff with 1 wheel at 300. This was one of about 4 occasions on this trip where late weights impacted the safety of the operation. Fix this now and stop the rhetoric about how great load planning is. We proactively got weights from the station to fix the problem. Check NOTAMS about company aircraft without weight and balance numbers having to call tower. This is an epidemic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 PLT RPTS DELAYS IN RECEIVING FINAL WT MANIFEST DATA FROM HIS COMPANY HAS IMPACTED SAFETY. TKOF WAS MADE WITH BRAKE TEMPS TECHNICALLY RIGHT AT THE LIMIT DUE IN LARGE PART TO GND MANEUVERING NECESSARY TO KEEP HIS ACFT OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER TFC.
Narrative: ACFT ARRIVED LATE AT GATE WITH HOT BRAKES. TAXIING TO RWY 34R FOR DEP; MULTIPLE ACFT AT INTERSECTIONS F1; F2; F; AND G AWAITING LOAD PLANNING NUMBERS. AFTER DECLINING 1ST TKOF CLRNC AND HAVING TO RETURN TO THE LINEUP DUE TO LACK OF WT MANIFEST NUMBERS; WE GO A HOT BRAKES ECAM AT 300 ON 1 R WHEEL. IT PEAKED AT 305 AND THEN RETURNED TO 300 WHEN WE FINALLY OBTAINED WTS AND TWR CLRNC. DUE TO THE FACT BRAKES WERE COOLING; TWR IMPATIENCE; AND REENTERING THE LINE UP WOULD ONLY INCREASE BRAKE TEMPS; WE ELECTED TO TKOF WITH 1 WHEEL AT 300. THIS WAS ONE OF ABOUT 4 OCCASIONS ON THIS TRIP WHERE LATE WEIGHTS IMPACTED THE SAFETY OF THE OPERATION. FIX THIS NOW AND STOP THE RHETORIC ABOUT HOW GREAT LOAD PLANNING IS. WE PROACTIVELY GOT WTS FROM THE STATION TO FIX THE PROB. CHK NOTAMS ABOUT COMPANY ACFT WITHOUT WT AND BAL NUMBERS HAVING TO CALL TOWER. THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.