Aircraft baggage compartment was overloaded, but not discovered until the aircraft was airborne.

Attributes
ACN	334970
Time
Date	199605
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ont
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 450
ASRS Report	334970
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After level off at cruise altitude on military charter from ont- aex, flight engineer reviewed the weight and balance form. It was determined that the aft baggage compartment on this DC10 had been overloaded. (Capacity as listed on weight and balance form for this aircraft only is 1000 pounds. 3000 pounds had been loaded). Normal capacity in aft compartment is 5000 pounds. For some reason, this particular DC10 had been reduced to 1000 pound capacity. Error not noticed until in cruise flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT WAS OVERLOADED, BUT NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THE ACFT WAS AIRBORNE.

Narrative: AFTER LEVEL OFF AT CRUISE ALT ON MIL CHARTER FROM ONT- AEX, FE REVIEWED THE WT AND BAL FORM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT ON THIS DC10 HAD BEEN OVERLOADED. (CAPACITY AS LISTED ON WT AND BAL FORM FOR THIS ACFT ONLY IS 1000 LBS. 3000 LBS HAD BEEN LOADED). NORMAL CAPACITY IN AFT COMPARTMENT IS 5000 LBS. FOR SOME REASON, THIS PARTICULAR DC10 HAD BEEN REDUCED TO 1000 LB CAPACITY. ERROR NOT NOTICED UNTIL IN CRUISE 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.