A B737 crew was notified after takeoff about 759 pounds of cargo loaded in the aircraft's forward bi...

Narrative:

During our climb out on an originator; we were contacted by ATC and told that the departure station operations wished to speak with us. As I was the pilot not flying; I called back to operations. I was advised that there was an omission of 759 pounds of cargo from the loading schedule that we had received. The cargo had been loaded in the forward bin. I was then given a corrected zero fuel weight and takeoff weight. I advised the first office of the error. We discussed any adverse ramifications. Due to the light load onboard; we determined that the additional weight would not affect any flight planned characteristics (climb; cruise; etc.). The correct weights were entered into the FMC and the performance computer. We continued the flight without any further complications. I had noticed in the past few days that there were numerous delays reported on dispatch releases attributed to incorrect or late bin slips from the ramp. I had discussed these with the agents in those cities. It was explained to me that there was a change in procedures and it was causing delays. Apparently these errors were caught early in the process. We were fortunate that the error was small. Nevertheless; in the future; I can only relate my experience with coworkers to help ensure this does not happen again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 crew was notified after takeoff about 759 LBS of cargo loaded in the aircraft's forward bin but not included on the weight and balance. The weight and balance was corrected and the flight continued normally to its destination.

Narrative: During our climb out on an originator; we were contacted by ATC and told that the departure station Operations wished to speak with us. As I was the pilot not flying; I called back to Operations. I was advised that there was an omission of 759 LBS of cargo from the loading schedule that we had received. The cargo had been loaded in the forward bin. I was then given a corrected zero fuel weight and takeoff weight. I advised the First Office of the error. We discussed any adverse ramifications. Due to the light load onboard; we determined that the additional weight would not affect any flight planned characteristics (climb; cruise; etc.). The correct weights were entered into the FMC and the performance computer. We continued the flight without any further complications. I had noticed in the past few days that there were numerous delays reported on Dispatch Releases attributed to incorrect or late bin slips from the Ramp. I had discussed these with the Agents in those cities. It was explained to me that there was a change in procedures and it was causing delays. Apparently these errors were caught early in the process. We were fortunate that the error was small. Nevertheless; in the future; I can only relate my experience with Coworkers to help ensure this does not happen again.

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.

Attributes
ACN	915124
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Type 12000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A B737 crew was notified after takeoff about 759 pounds of cargo loaded in the aircraft's forward bin but not included on the weight and balance. The weight and balance was corrected and the flight continued normally to its destination.