Improper weight and balance loading for commuter light transport out of fay.

Attributes
ACN	157967
Time
Date	199009
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fay
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	157967
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Maximum cargo weight in air carrier light transport is 1213 pounds. Agents in fay presented us with an inaccurate baggage manifest form. Total weight in cargo compartment was 1832 pounds (619 pounds over maximum). Aircraft cg was most certainly aft of legal limits as the aircraft was practically unmaneuverable on the pitch axis on approach into atlanta. Aircraft was 322 pounds over maximum gross takeoff weight. If we had lost an engine in climb or approach aircraft would not have been recoverable. Problem was discovered when we asked our atlanta ramp agents to do a baggage count and weight manifest to verify what we had been given in fay. To compensate for the extreme aft cg we held more power and more speed than normal in all phases of flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: IMPROPER WEIGHT AND BALANCE LOADING FOR COMMUTER LTT OUT OF FAY.

Narrative: MAX CARGO WEIGHT IN ACR LTT IS 1213 LBS. AGENTS IN FAY PRESENTED US WITH AN INACCURATE BAGGAGE MANIFEST FORM. TOTAL WEIGHT IN CARGO COMPARTMENT WAS 1832 LBS (619 LBS OVER MAX). ACFT CG WAS MOST CERTAINLY AFT OF LEGAL LIMITS AS THE ACFT WAS PRACTICALLY UNMANEUVERABLE ON THE PITCH AXIS ON APCH INTO ATLANTA. ACFT WAS 322 LBS OVER MAX GROSS TKOF WEIGHT. IF WE HAD LOST AN ENG IN CLB OR APCH ACFT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RECOVERABLE. PROB WAS DISCOVERED WHEN WE ASKED OUR ATLANTA RAMP AGENTS TO DO A BAGGAGE COUNT AND WEIGHT MANIFEST TO VERIFY WHAT WE HAD BEEN GIVEN IN FAY. TO COMPENSATE FOR THE EXTREME AFT CG WE HELD MORE PWR AND MORE SPD THAN NORMAL IN ALL PHASES OF FLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.