B737-300 flight crew depart with incorrect weight and balance figures.

Attributes
ACN	722944
Time
Date	200701
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	722944
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

After departure; load planning notified of misloaded bags by ZZZ operations. Aircraft was dispatched in a tail heavy confign beyond normal center of gravity limits. Advised flight crew of situation. Flight continued to destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 FLT CREW DEPART WITH INCORRECT WT AND BAL FIGURES.

Narrative: AFTER DEP; LOAD PLANNING NOTIFIED OF MISLOADED BAGS BY ZZZ OPS. ACFT WAS DISPATCHED IN A TAIL HVY CONFIGN BEYOND NORMAL CTR OF GRAVITY LIMITS. ADVISED FLT CREW OF SITUATION. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST.

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.