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Commuter captain was told added baggage was loaded in pit 1, the captain later found the baggage was loaded into pit 2. The aircraft may not have been within a legal center of gravity limit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 585217 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cll.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sql.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | SF 340B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : takeoff roll ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 585217 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Inaccurate load sheet. Completed weight and balance and pushed back from gate. We were informed from operations that the ramp agents had more passenger bags to load on our aircraft. Shut down left engine. Received new load sheet from ramp agents indicating all bags were loaded in C1. Revised load manifest accordingly. Upon arrival in cll, I found a large amount of bags in C2. We then received a written statement from cll ramp agents verifying my findings. I feel this to be a very serious incident which could have resulted in a fatal accident. Fortunately, it did not. As captain for air carrier X, I must rely on the accurate information from others for the safety of myself, crew and passenger. This greatly upsets me and I would like a resolution that will make me feel more comfortable with our aircraft operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER CAPT WAS TOLD ADDED BAGGAGE WAS LOADED IN PIT 1, THE CAPT LATER FOUND THE BAGGAGE WAS LOADED INTO PIT 2. THE ACFT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITHIN A LEGAL CTR OF GRAVITY LIMIT.
Narrative: INACCURATE LOAD SHEET. COMPLETED WT AND BAL AND PUSHED BACK FROM GATE. WE WERE INFORMED FROM OPS THAT THE RAMP AGENTS HAD MORE PAX BAGS TO LOAD ON OUR ACFT. SHUT DOWN L ENG. RECEIVED NEW LOAD SHEET FROM RAMP AGENTS INDICATING ALL BAGS WERE LOADED IN C1. REVISED LOAD MANIFEST ACCORDINGLY. UPON ARR IN CLL, I FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF BAGS IN C2. WE THEN RECEIVED A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM CLL RAMP AGENTS VERIFYING MY FINDINGS. I FEEL THIS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT. AS CAPT FOR ACR X, I MUST RELY ON THE ACCURATE INFO FROM OTHERS FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF, CREW AND PAX. THIS GREATLY UPSETS ME AND I WOULD LIKE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH OUR ACFT OPS.
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.