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Attributes | |
ACN | 1530657 |
Time | |
Date | 201803 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Climb |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Type 1340 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
Upon accepting the cargo load report while on the ramp; the ground crew indicated 64 regular and 2 heavy bags in the forward cargo bin; zero bags in the aft cargo bin. We had a full cabin of passengers - every seat was occupied. We received our departure numbers; taxied out to the runway; and departed without incident. Within minutes of becoming airborne; we received an ACARS message while still below 10;000 [feet]. The ACARS message was from dispatch stating for us to contact operations. Operations said the cargo load report should have read 48 regular and 2 heavy bags in the forward cargo bin; 16 regular bags in the aft cargo bin. Ultimately; we departed not knowing whether or not the aircraft cg was within limits.operations said they called us but at the time we were probably monitoring tower as we were number one for departure. If we were off frequency when operations attempted to contact us; perhaps they could have asked ground/tower to contact us and for us to get ahold of operations. At that point; we would have been able to receive the cargo load report correction and input the new numbers into the FMS; which would only take a few minutes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Embraer ERJ-175 First Officer reported a departure with erroneous takeoff aircraft weight and balance data due to incorrect information on the cargo load report.
Narrative: Upon accepting the cargo load report while on the ramp; the ground crew indicated 64 regular and 2 heavy bags in the forward cargo bin; zero bags in the aft cargo bin. We had a full cabin of passengers - every seat was occupied. We received our departure numbers; taxied out to the runway; and departed without incident. Within minutes of becoming airborne; we received an ACARS message while still below 10;000 [feet]. The ACARS message was from Dispatch stating for us to contact Operations. Operations said the cargo load report should have read 48 regular and 2 heavy bags in the forward cargo bin; 16 regular bags in the aft cargo bin. Ultimately; we departed not knowing whether or not the aircraft CG was within limits.Operations said they called us but at the time we were probably monitoring Tower as we were number one for departure. If we were off frequency when Operations attempted to contact us; perhaps they could have asked Ground/Tower to contact us and for us to get ahold of Operations. At that point; we would have been able to receive the cargo load report correction and input the new numbers into the FMS; which would only take a few minutes.
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.