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Flight crew discovered an extra cargo igloo was on board without documentation resulting in an overweight landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 851193 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
After landing we discovered that an extra cargo igloo was on the aircraft that was not accounted for on our weight & balance numbers. I contacted operations and determined that the extra igloo put us 3500 pounds over our structural landing limit. I then notified dispatch and maintenance control to arrange for contract maintenance to do the required inspection for a smooth normal overweight landing inspection. Also dispatch was informed of the incident at that time. I'm not sure but I think this was obviously a mix up in communication between ramp personnel and central load planning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight crew discovered an extra cargo igloo was on board without documentation resulting in an overweight landing.
Narrative: After landing we discovered that an extra cargo igloo was on the aircraft that was not accounted for on our weight & balance numbers. I contacted operations and determined that the extra igloo put us 3500 LBS over our structural landing limit. I then notified Dispatch and Maintenance Control to arrange for Contract Maintenance to do the required inspection for a smooth normal overweight landing inspection. Also Dispatch was informed of the incident at that time. I'm not sure but I think this was obviously a mix up in communication between ramp personnel and Central Load Planning.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.