Augusta 119 pilot operated aircraft over certified gross weight.

Attributes
ACN	686494
Time
Date	200602
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 29000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	686494
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel gauges other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Operating above certified gross weight. It was brought to attention I was using the wrong loading table. This resulted in flight operations being 150 pounds over gross. A proper loading table is very necessary because the fuel gauges are in KG; not pounds or gallons. Passenger and baggage in pounds/fuel burn is in gallons converted to pounds -- lots of room for error. Fuel gauges should be in pounds for simple conversion fuel burn in pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AUGUSTA 119 PLT OPERATED ACFT OVER CERTIFIED GROSS WT.

Narrative: OPERATING ABOVE CERTIFIED GROSS WT. IT WAS BROUGHT TO ATTN I WAS USING THE WRONG LOADING TABLE. THIS RESULTED IN FLT OPS BEING 150 LBS OVER GROSS. A PROPER LOADING TABLE IS VERY NECESSARY BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGES ARE IN KG; NOT LBS OR GALLONS. PAX AND BAGGAGE IN LBS/FUEL BURN IS IN GALLONS CONVERTED TO LBS -- LOTS OF ROOM FOR ERROR. FUEL GAUGES SHOULD BE IN LBS FOR SIMPLE CONVERSION FUEL BURN IN LBS.

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.