A boeing 767 captain reported a cargo container was improperly secured in the aft cargo area.

Attributes
ACN	1669617
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cargo Restraint/Tie Down
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

[A] container loaded in front part of aft cargo and wasn't locked in. [The] container came in from ZZZ and was never offloaded. Had this container shifted back during takeoff; [the result] could have been catastrophic. Not only was this container not offloaded in phl; it wasn't relocked or checked prior to departure to ZZZ1. [The] container weighed 1;400 kg.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Boeing 767 Captain reported a cargo container was improperly secured in the aft cargo area.

Narrative: [A] container loaded in front part of aft cargo and wasn't locked in. [The] container came in from ZZZ and was never offloaded. Had this container shifted back during takeoff; [the result] could have been catastrophic. Not only was this container not offloaded in PHL; it wasn't relocked or checked prior to departure to ZZZ1. [The] container weighed 1;400 Kg.

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.