Originally Posted by
MarkerInbound
Boeing used to put out a quarterly magazine called Aero. The 3rd quarter issue in 2007 had an article about over weight landings that you can find online. They say that if you took off from a runway you can land on it and meet all performance requirements. In addition the airplane is required to be able to land with a 6 foot a second rate of descent at MTOW with no damage. They say most landings are 2-3 foot per second rate of descent there shouldn’t be any issues. There will be a requirement for an overweight landing inspection but they say it is up to the pilots to decide what the best course of action would be for the situation.
I have twice landed a B767-300ER well over MLW. Once due to a Air Data computer failure and the other a Medical Emergency. Normal landings, using the whole 10.000ft runway to stop. Overweight landing logged, maintenance took care of the inspection and in both cases we left about an hour later. Minor event as long as you don’t plant it on the runway.