Narrative:

My crew and I were making a static takeoff from runway 1 at dca. The first officer was the PF. Everything we could see in the flight deck was normal. All of our callouts and procedures were standard and normal. After commencing the takeoff roll and reaching V1 (128 KTS for this flight); I made the standard callout of 'V1 rotate.' the first officer then began to pull the yoke back. Somewhere between 135-140 KTS; the first officer had the yoke to the full aft stop and the aircraft's nose was not leaving the ground. At this time we aborted the takeoff. We exited the runway at the intersection of runway 33 and runway 1. We then ran the appropriate checklists; decided to return to the gate and deplane the passenger. At that time I wrote up the aircraft. At no point; either before or after the attempted takeoff; did we have any unusual indications or any abnormalities. The only thing that was not normal was the fact that the aircraft did not rotate. I have no thought as to what the problem was. Only that we were lucky that we both had enough runway and were at a weight that an aborted takeoff after V1 was possible. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: captain stated that he has not had a concrete answer to the cause of this event. The flight recorder data was overwritten before it could be analyzed. A test flight discovered no flight control discrepancies. The flight department management suspects bags were misloaded or not loaded at all.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN EMJ145 DID NOT ROTATE AT THE CALCULATED VR SPD. THE CREW REJECTED. NO CAUSE DISCOVERED BUT BAGGAGE MISLOADING SUSPECTED.

Narrative: MY CREW AND I WERE MAKING A STATIC TKOF FROM RWY 1 AT DCA. THE FO WAS THE PF. EVERYTHING WE COULD SEE IN THE FLT DECK WAS NORMAL. ALL OF OUR CALLOUTS AND PROCS WERE STANDARD AND NORMAL. AFTER COMMENCING THE TKOF ROLL AND REACHING V1 (128 KTS FOR THIS FLT); I MADE THE STANDARD CALLOUT OF 'V1 ROTATE.' THE FO THEN BEGAN TO PULL THE YOKE BACK. SOMEWHERE BTWN 135-140 KTS; THE FO HAD THE YOKE TO THE FULL AFT STOP AND THE ACFT'S NOSE WAS NOT LEAVING THE GND. AT THIS TIME WE ABORTED THE TKOF. WE EXITED THE RWY AT THE INTXN OF RWY 33 AND RWY 1. WE THEN RAN THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS; DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE GATE AND DEPLANE THE PAX. AT THAT TIME I WROTE UP THE ACFT. AT NO POINT; EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE ATTEMPTED TKOF; DID WE HAVE ANY UNUSUAL INDICATIONS OR ANY ABNORMALITIES. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS NOT NORMAL WAS THE FACT THAT THE ACFT DID NOT ROTATE. I HAVE NO THOUGHT AS TO WHAT THE PROB WAS. ONLY THAT WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE BOTH HAD ENOUGH RWY AND WERE AT A WT THAT AN ABORTED TKOF AFTER V1 WAS POSSIBLE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CAPT STATED THAT HE HAS NOT HAD A CONCRETE ANSWER TO THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. THE FLT RECORDER DATA WAS OVERWRITTEN BEFORE IT COULD BE ANALYZED. A TEST FLT DISCOVERED NO FLT CTL DISCREPANCIES. THE FLT DEPT MGMNT SUSPECTS BAGS WERE MISLOADED OR NOT LOADED AT ALL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.