<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1329168, February 2016

The crj-700 captain noticed a pitch up tendency during takeoff; and discovered after landing that 500 pounds of ballast was improperly loaded in the aft cargo compartment instead of in the front cargo compartment.

Attributes
ACN	1329168
Time
Date	201602
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
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)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance

Narrative:

Due to ACARS weight and balance I directed the ramp lead to move the one and only bag from the aft cargo compartment to the front and to add 500lbs. Of ballast to the front cargo compartment. On rotation we noticed a slight nose up pitch tendency but dismissed it as normal for the aft cg limit. On arrival; the first officer (first officer) discovered that the 500lbs. Of ballast had been placed in the aft cargo compartment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The CRJ-700 Captain noticed a pitch up tendency during takeoff; and discovered after landing that 500 pounds of ballast was improperly loaded in the aft cargo compartment instead of in the front cargo compartment.

Narrative: Due to ACARS weight and balance I directed the ramp lead to move the one and only bag from the aft cargo compartment to the front and to add 500lbs. of ballast to the front cargo compartment. On rotation we noticed a slight nose up pitch tendency but dismissed it as normal for the aft CG limit. On arrival; the First Officer (FO) discovered that the 500lbs. of ballast had been placed in the aft cargo compartment.

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.