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EMB175 flight crew is informed airborne that the ground crew loaded 10 bags in aft cargo hold without accounting for them on the weight and balance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1314802 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
About 15 minutes into the flight I received an ACARS from dispatch saying that the ramp crew added an extra 10 bags into our aft cargo bin; but did not write it on the cargo load report. The flight was supposed to be full with a jumpseater and prior to the final passenger count we ran the numbers for a full boat with jump with the bags noted at the time. We were going to be close to out maximum landing weight (mlw); but were still within limits. As it turns out we only had 74 people on board 2 of which were children. In flight we changed our zero fuel weight (ZFW) to show the new bag count. Again we were close to mlw but due to extended vectors due to weather we landed well below our mlw. I know we didn't exceed any limits because of the message from dispatch; but we easily could have and not have known. Not sure that there was anything we could have done to ensure the bag count was correct without physically counting the bags ours selves.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB175 flight crew is informed airborne that the ground crew loaded 10 bags in aft cargo hold without accounting for them on the weight and balance.
Narrative: About 15 minutes into the flight I received an ACARS from dispatch saying that the ramp crew added an extra 10 bags into our aft cargo bin; but did not write it on the cargo load report. The flight was supposed to be full with a jumpseater and prior to the final passenger count we ran the numbers for a full boat with jump with the bags noted at the time. We were going to be close to out Maximum Landing Weight (MLW); but were still within limits. As it turns out we only had 74 people on board 2 of which were children. In flight we changed our Zero Fuel Weight (ZFW) to show the new bag count. Again we were close to MLW but due to extended vectors due to weather we landed well below our MLW. I know we didn't exceed any limits because of the message from dispatch; but we easily could have and not have known. Not sure that there was anything we could have done to ensure the bag count was correct without physically counting the bags ours selves.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.