Flight crew not advised of extra cargo placed on board aircraft prior to departure.

Attributes
ACN	223858
Time
Date	199210
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	223858
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

409 pounds of freight put on board in cargo hold without knowledge of crew. Could have resulted in over gross takeoff and in emergency situation, caused undue, additional strain on aircraft, and revised performance. Recommend ground crew be educated regarding critical weights for aircraft. Also, checking with crew about amount of freight aircraft can carry versus passenger weights.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC NOT ADVISED OF EXTRA CARGO PLACED ON BOARD ACFT PRIOR TO DEP.

Narrative: 409 POUNDS OF FREIGHT PUT ON BOARD IN CARGO HOLD WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF CREW. COULD HAVE RESULTED IN OVER GROSS TKOF AND IN EMER SITUATION, CAUSED UNDUE, ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON ACFT, AND REVISED PERFORMANCE. RECOMMEND GND CREW BE EDUCATED REGARDING CRITICAL WTS FOR ACFT. ALSO, CHKING WITH CREW ABOUT AMOUNT OF FREIGHT ACFT CAN CARRY VERSUS PAX WTS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.