<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1412783, December 2016

EMB175 flight crew performing walk around inspection discovered cargo in the aft hold. The cargo was supposed to be unloaded at a prior destination but it was not and it was not included on the weight and balance.

Attributes
ACN	1412783
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 8873
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation

Narrative:

Deceased remains were discovered in the aft cargo bin during the post flight by the first officer (me) and the ZZZ ramper. Earlier in the day; the deceased was loaded onto the aircraft in ZZZ1 to be taken to ZZZ2 and off loaded there. After we landed in ZZZ2 we did a quick turn to get ready for the next flight to ZZZ. I did my preflight walk around duties and saw a ramper heading towards the aft cargo bin as I was doing my inspections. After I saw the ramper; I continued around the tail and around the rest of the airplane; concluding my walk around. Before we closed the airplane doors; we were handed the load report for the flight and it stated 44 bags in the forward cargo and 0 pounds in the rear. The flight was continued as normal from there. Once we landed in ZZZ; I performed the post flight walk around and then discovered the remains in the aft cargo compartment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB175 flight crew performing walk around inspection discovered cargo in the aft hold. The cargo was supposed to be unloaded at a prior destination but it was not and it was not included on the weight and balance.

Narrative: Deceased remains were discovered in the aft cargo bin during the post flight by the First Officer (Me) and the ZZZ ramper. Earlier in the day; the deceased was loaded onto the aircraft in ZZZ1 to be taken to ZZZ2 and off loaded there. After we landed in ZZZ2 we did a quick turn to get ready for the next flight to ZZZ. I did my preflight walk around duties and saw a ramper heading towards the aft cargo bin as I was doing my inspections. After I saw the ramper; I continued around the tail and around the rest of the airplane; concluding my walk around. Before we closed the airplane doors; we were handed the load report for the flight and it stated 44 bags in the forward cargo and 0 pounds in the rear. The flight was continued as normal from there. Once we landed in ZZZ; I performed the post flight walk around and then discovered the remains in the aft cargo compartment.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.