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Air carrier widebody transport made a takeoff from mia with incorrect passenger count gross weight center of gravity indication.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 92151 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198808 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 92151 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
*After extensive delay to get maintenance to repair an MEL item air carrier widebody transport made a takeoff with 77 more passenger than shown on the weight manifest. Error was not discovered until late in the flight when cabin attendant complained about being short of meals. Indicated fuel load was also found to be greater than manifested and this was not discovered until after landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR WDB MADE A TKOF FROM MIA WITH INCORRECT PASSENGER COUNT GROSS WEIGHT CENTER OF GRAVITY INDICATION.
Narrative: *AFTER EXTENSIVE DELAY TO GET MAINT TO REPAIR AN MEL ITEM ACR WDB MADE A TKOF WITH 77 MORE PAX THAN SHOWN ON THE WT MANIFEST. ERROR WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL LATE IN THE FLT WHEN CABIN ATTENDANT COMPLAINED ABOUT BEING SHORT OF MEALS. INDICATED FUEL LOAD WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE GREATER THAN MANIFESTED AND THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL AFTER LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.