An air carrier light transport went down on its tail.

Attributes
ACN	259821
Time
Date	199312
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	259821
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon arrival of flight in dca, aircraft taxied to and parked at the remote parking area. Engines where shut down and the passenger bus pulled up to deplane the passenger. After all the passenger were deplaned, the ramp agent came on board and informed me that he could not open the cargo compartment. Aircraft had 49 bags in the cargo compartment (1715 pounds). Any weight over 1200 pounds requires a tailstand to be installed to prevent tipping. Seeing that the ground crew couldn't get the cargo door open, (cargo compartment is where the tailstand is kept), they didn't install the tailstand. Subsequently, the aircraft sat down on its tail. The aircraft suffered minor damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LTT WENT DOWN ON ITS TAIL.

Narrative: UPON ARR OF FLT IN DCA, ACFT TAXIED TO AND PARKED AT THE REMOTE PARKING AREA. ENGS WHERE SHUT DOWN AND THE PAX BUS PULLED UP TO DEPLANE THE PAX. AFTER ALL THE PAX WERE DEPLANED, THE RAMP AGENT CAME ON BOARD AND INFORMED ME THAT HE COULD NOT OPEN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. ACFT HAD 49 BAGS IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT (1715 LBS). ANY WT OVER 1200 LBS REQUIRES A TAILSTAND TO BE INSTALLED TO PREVENT TIPPING. SEEING THAT THE GND CREW COULDN'T GET THE CARGO DOOR OPEN, (CARGO COMPARTMENT IS WHERE THE TAILSTAND IS KEPT), THEY DIDN'T INSTALL THE TAILSTAND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT SAT DOWN ON ITS TAIL. THE ACFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.

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.