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A330 flight crew is informed after takeoff that an extra 2;000 pounds of cargo was added at the last minute and not included in the weight and balance. This exceeded maximum taxi and takeoff weights by 1;800 pounds.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 863229 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Sea Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 1400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Sea |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 27000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
Departed at maximum takeoff weight. About a half hour later received an ACARS message from operations/load control that an additional 2;028 pounds was loaded on aircraft and not included in the weight and balance (into bin #3). Dispatcher spoke with load planner who was distracted when additional cargo was added at the last minute. Though we exceeded max taxi and takeoff weights; neither taxi nor flying qualities were degraded. We exceeded takeoff weight by 1;828 pounds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330 flight crew is informed after takeoff that an extra 2;000 LBS of cargo was added at the last minute and not included in the weight and balance. This exceeded maximum taxi and takeoff weights by 1;800 LBS.
Narrative: Departed at maximum takeoff weight. About a half hour later received an ACARS message from Operations/Load Control that an additional 2;028 LBS was loaded on aircraft and not included in the weight and balance (into bin #3). Dispatcher spoke with Load Planner who was distracted when additional cargo was added at the last minute. Though we exceeded max taxi and takeoff weights; neither taxi nor flying qualities were degraded. We exceeded takeoff weight by 1;828 LBS.
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.