<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1589064, October 2018

A321 flight crew reported the nose of the aircraft became light approximately 20 knots below V1; possibly indicating a problem with cg or trim setting calculations.

Attributes
ACN	1589064
Time
Date	201810
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RDU.Airport
State Reference	NC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance

Narrative:

During takeoff felt nose coming off ground about 20 knots prior to rotation. Aircraft was light and only 85 passengers. Had to apply nose down pressure on stick; very unusual for the airbus (I only have 1;400 hours; 2 years in the fleet).guessing only: trim setting/cg wrong?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 flight crew reported the nose of the aircraft became light approximately 20 knots below V1; possibly indicating a problem with CG or trim setting calculations.

Narrative: During takeoff felt nose coming off ground about 20 knots prior to rotation. Aircraft was light and only 85 passengers. Had to apply nose down pressure on stick; very unusual for the Airbus (I only have 1;400 hours; 2 years in the fleet).Guessing only: Trim setting/CG wrong?

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.