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A MD80 captain reports the aircraft was not loaded correctly resulting in a 'heavy nose' on takeoff. A load audit was conducted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 793137 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 3200 |
| ASRS Report | 793137 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
The first officer indicated that the nose 'felt heavy' on takeoff. I contacted our dispatcher for a 'load audit.' apparently; the weight and balance data we received was not correct for the way we were actually loaded in ZZZ.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MD80 CAPT REPORTS THE ACFT WAS NOT LOADED CORRECTLY RESULTING IN A 'HEAVY NOSE' ON TKOF. A LOAD AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED.
Narrative: THE FO INDICATED THAT THE NOSE 'FELT HVY' ON TKOF. I CONTACTED OUR DISPATCHER FOR A 'LOAD AUDIT.' APPARENTLY; THE WT AND BAL DATA WE RECEIVED WAS NOT CORRECT FOR THE WAY WE WERE ACTUALLY LOADED IN ZZZ.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.