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B737 freighter captain discovers after landing that the aircraft contains 4 more pallets than are shown on the manifest and weighs an extra 10;000 pounds.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 812332 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200811 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 812332 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Loaded our aircraft for a flight. We received our flight manifest; confirmed the correct flight number; aircraft number; destination; fuel; and the numbers added up correctly. We then visually confirmed the cargo was secure. The first container blocked the view of anything further aft. We continued to our ZZZ destination uneventfully. Upon arrival; we noticed the removal of 4 more positions that were on board that we were not aware of. This made our takeoff gross 10000 pounds over what we had on paper. This was a chain of errors starting from dispatch to the ZZZ cargo loaders.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FREIGHTER CAPTAIN DISCOVERS AFTER LANDING THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTAINS 4 MORE PALLETS THAN ARE SHOWN ON THE MANIFEST AND WEIGHS AN EXTRA 10;000 POUNDS.
Narrative: LOADED OUR ACFT FOR A FLT. WE RECEIVED OUR FLT MANIFEST; CONFIRMED THE CORRECT FLT NUMBER; ACFT NUMBER; DEST; FUEL; AND THE NUMBERS ADDED UP CORRECTLY. WE THEN VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE CARGO WAS SECURE. THE FIRST CONTAINER BLOCKED THE VIEW OF ANYTHING FURTHER AFT. WE CONTINUED TO OUR ZZZ DEST UNEVENTFULLY. UPON ARR; WE NOTICED THE REMOVAL OF 4 MORE POSITIONS THAT WERE ON BOARD THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF. THIS MADE OUR TKOF GROSS 10000 LBS OVER WHAT WE HAD ON PAPER. THIS WAS A CHAIN OF ERRORS STARTING FROM DISPATCH TO THE ZZZ CARGO LOADERS.
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.