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A321 flight crew reported the nose of the aircraft became light approximately 20 knots below V1; possibly indicating a problem with cg or trim setting calculations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1589064 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RDU.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A321 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
During takeoff felt nose coming off ground about 20 knots prior to rotation. Aircraft was light and only 85 passengers. Had to apply nose down pressure on stick; very unusual for the airbus (I only have 1;400 hours; 2 years in the fleet).guessing only: trim setting/cg wrong?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A321 flight crew reported the nose of the aircraft became light approximately 20 knots below V1; possibly indicating a problem with CG or trim setting calculations.
Narrative: During takeoff felt nose coming off ground about 20 knots prior to rotation. Aircraft was light and only 85 passengers. Had to apply nose down pressure on stick; very unusual for the Airbus (I only have 1;400 hours; 2 years in the fleet).Guessing only: Trim setting/CG wrong?
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.