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A B737 arrives at destination short of fuel due to a miscalculation in the payload at departure station.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 734632 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzzz.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 734632 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Flight plan for route miscalculation; payload in-flight was 'zero kgs'; and actual payload was '13000 kgs.' this resulted in flight was not capable of complying with ATC request for holding before approach to destination. Flight stated an emergency landing fuel advisory; flight landed without any other problem. Will extreme attention for dispatchers to performance and fuel calculation in flight plan. Will insist in order that PIC and dispatcher agree completely and be absolutely aware of relevant datas on flight plan.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 ARRIVES AT DEST SHORT OF FUEL DUE TO A MISCALCULATION IN THE PAYLOAD AT DEP STATION.
Narrative: FLT PLAN FOR RTE MISCALCULATION; PAYLOAD INFLT WAS 'ZERO KGS'; AND ACTUAL PAYLOAD WAS '13000 KGS.' THIS RESULTED IN FLT WAS NOT CAPABLE OF COMPLYING WITH ATC REQUEST FOR HOLDING BEFORE APCH TO DEST. FLT STATED AN EMER LNDG FUEL ADVISORY; FLT LANDED WITHOUT ANY OTHER PROB. WILL EXTREME ATTN FOR DISPATCHERS TO PERFORMANCE AND FUEL CALCULATION IN FLT PLAN. WILL INSIST IN ORDER THAT PIC AND DISPATCHER AGREE COMPLETELY AND BE ABSOLUTELY AWARE OF RELEVANT DATAS ON FLT PLAN.
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.