<< >> NASA ASRS Report 958714, July 2011

An A320 flight crew received four different sets of 'final' weight manifest data; one before returning to the gate to shift cargo containers; two while at the gate undergoing cargo shifting; and the last takeoff weight data message received eight minutes after takeoff while in the climb.

Attributes
ACN	958714
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance

Narrative:

We received our 4th version of our final weight manifest message after takeoff. We originally taxied out; but called back to the gate due to an out of limits cg. Ramp opened the cargo doors and changed the cg. During this time we received 2 more final weight messages; both received after the ramp was done loading; and we assumed these were our final weights. We finally received the last 'final' weights message in the climb eight minutes after takeoff. Our weight dropped 507 pounds and the cg stayed the same.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 flight crew received four different sets of 'final' weight manifest data; one before returning to the gate to shift cargo containers; two while at the gate undergoing cargo shifting; and the last takeoff weight data message received eight minutes after takeoff while in the climb.

Narrative: We received our 4th version of our final weight manifest message after takeoff. We originally taxied out; but called back to the gate due to an out of limits CG. Ramp opened the cargo doors and changed the CG. During this time we received 2 more final weight messages; both received after the Ramp was done loading; and we assumed these were our final weights. We finally received the last 'final' weights message in the climb eight minutes after takeoff. Our weight dropped 507 pounds and the CG stayed the same.

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.