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A319 flight crew was informed after takeoff that 10 gate checked bags were loaded in the forward cargo compartment and not accounted for in the weight and balance. Revised weight and balance showed aircraft to be within limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 838949 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
While climbing out we were informed by ATC to contact our company for a message. Leaving 10;000 ft; I called operations as we simultaneously received an ACARS message from dispatch. Both informed us that the ramp crew had failed to notify us of 10 additional gate checked bags in forward cargo compartment. Even though we had departed at 4;700 pounds under our planned ZFW (per the release); I asked dispatch to run the numbers with the additional bags and send these to us via ACARS. Our dispatcher sent us the information; and all weights were well within limits for all regimes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 flight crew was informed after takeoff that 10 gate checked bags were loaded in the forward cargo compartment and not accounted for in the weight and balance. Revised weight and balance showed aircraft to be within limits.
Narrative: While climbing out we were informed by ATC to contact our company for a message. Leaving 10;000 FT; I called Operations as we simultaneously received an ACARS message from Dispatch. Both informed us that the ramp crew had failed to notify us of 10 additional gate checked bags in forward cargo compartment. Even though we had departed at 4;700 pounds under our planned ZFW (per the release); I asked Dispatch to run the numbers with the additional bags and send these to us via ACARS. Our Dispatcher sent us the information; and all weights were well within limits for all regimes.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.