Aircraft nose heavy on takeoff. After airborne crew receives a revised load manifest.

Attributes
ACN	169367
Time
Date	199101
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9800 flight time type : 1700
ASRS Report	169367
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During takeoff the aircraft was unusually nose heavy. Takeoff was completed west/O incident. A few mins after takeoff we received a revised load closeout from out company. If we had crashed on takeoff, we would never have known about the revision. Contributing factors: our company's ground personnel are put under severe pressure to keep operations on time. This flight was running late. We were only on the ground for 24 mins at fll. During that time, the aircraft was unloaded, reloaded, reboarded (with new passenger) and refueled. Ground personnel think weight and balance is unimportant after all, they see aircraft takeoff west/O incident time after time, even when they know they're loaded improperly. This simply reinforces their belief that pilots are making a big deal over nothing when we insist on correct load #south. We need to educate these people before their carelessness causes an accident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT NOSE HEAVY ON TKOF. AFTER AIRBORNE CREW RECEIVES A REVISED LOAD MANIFEST.

Narrative: DURING TKOF THE ACFT WAS UNUSUALLY NOSE HVY. TKOF WAS COMPLETED W/O INCIDENT. A FEW MINS AFTER TKOF WE RECEIVED A REVISED LOAD CLOSEOUT FROM OUT COMPANY. IF WE HAD CRASHED ON TKOF, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE REVISION. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: OUR COMPANY'S GND PERSONNEL ARE PUT UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE TO KEEP OPS ON TIME. THIS FLT WAS RUNNING LATE. WE WERE ONLY ON THE GND FOR 24 MINS AT FLL. DURING THAT TIME, THE ACFT WAS UNLOADED, RELOADED, REBOARDED (WITH NEW PAX) AND REFUELED. GND PERSONNEL THINK WT AND BAL IS UNIMPORTANT AFTER ALL, THEY SEE ACFT TKOF W/O INCIDENT TIME AFTER TIME, EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THEY'RE LOADED IMPROPERLY. THIS SIMPLY REINFORCES THEIR BELIEF THAT PLTS ARE MAKING A BIG DEAL OVER NOTHING WHEN WE INSIST ON CORRECT LOAD #S. WE NEED TO EDUCATE THESE PEOPLE BEFORE THEIR CARELESSNESS CAUSES AN ACCIDENT.

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.