Narrative:

This report is in regards to a possible weight and balance error. After mcd was closed and pushback from gate; we were contacted by operations that one additional (late) bag came from tsa for our flight. The baggage tug drove out to where we were pushed back. It looked like a heavy bag. However; the captain (ca) pilot in command (PIC) decided not to load the late bag. His reason being the crj er would reset the out time and indicate a late departure; when the cargo door is opened. The ramp understood and assured the late bag would be sent later and make final destination; eventually.after an on time departure during cruise climb we received an ACARS message from [dispatch] indicating the ramp made an error reporting the bag count. The cargo load report initially had a total of 76 bags. The update from [dispatch] had an updated; actual total of 54 bags. Also; the bags zone placement was much different than the original clear paperwork count. I did a paper weight and balance calculation. The aircraft was not out of cg and not over maximum gross takeoff weight (mgtw). The ca/PIC was advised; and the flight continued without further interruption or contact from [dispatch]. This was basically a full passenger flight in a crj er aircraft. On take-off; I did not notice any unusual trim forces. The aircraft handled perfectly. Nonetheless; I would recommend our customer service management and ramp management is properly notified.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer reported being notified in flight of changes to the weight manifest.

Narrative: This report is in regards to a possible weight and balance error. After MCD was closed and pushback from gate; we were contacted by operations that one additional (late) bag came from TSA for our flight. The baggage tug drove out to where we were pushed back. It looked like a heavy bag. However; the Captain (CA) Pilot in Command (PIC) decided not to load the late bag. His reason being the CRJ ER would reset the out time and indicate a late departure; when the cargo door is opened. The ramp understood and assured the late bag would be sent later and make final destination; eventually.After an on time departure during cruise climb we received an ACARS message from [dispatch] indicating the ramp made an error reporting the bag count. The cargo load report initially had a total of 76 bags. The update from [dispatch] had an updated; actual total of 54 bags. Also; the bags zone placement was much different than the original CLR paperwork count. I did a paper weight and balance calculation. The aircraft was not out of CG and not over Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight (MGTW). The CA/PIC was advised; and the flight continued without further interruption or contact from [dispatch]. This was basically a full passenger flight in a CRJ ER aircraft. On take-off; I did not notice any unusual trim forces. The aircraft handled perfectly. Nonetheless; I would recommend our customer service management and ramp management is properly notified.

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.