Validation of landing weight
Date issue released
Safety Issue Description

The operators procedures did not include a validation check of the landing weight generated by the flight management system which resulted in lack of assurance that the approach and landing speeds were valid.

Issue number
AO-2010-081-SI-03
Transport Function
Aviation: Air transport
Issue Owner
Cobham Aviation Services Australia
Mode of Transport
Aviation
Issue Status Justification

The Landing weight is now transposed from the loadsheet to the TOLD card for comparison with the FMS prior to approach preparations.

Proactive action
Action number
AO-2010-081-NSA-028
Organisation
Cobham Aviation Services Australia
Action date
Action Status
Closed
Action description

A number of enhancements to procedures were introduced as a result of this occurrence. In the first place, prior to departure, the landing weight from the aircraft’s load sheet is required to be entered onto the landing take-off and landing data (TOLD) card. Then, prior to establishing the approach speeds, the pilot monitoring is now required to call out the landing weight from the FMS, and the pilot flying will confirm this with the expected landing weight that is written on the TOLD card and call ‘landing weight checked’.