Commuter aircraft has nose rise unctlably on landing.

Attributes
ACN	280682
Time
Date	199408
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
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	SF 340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 260
ASRS Report	280682
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Nose rose unctlably after main gear touchdown on landing. Caused by using standard bag weights. Approved by FAA. Actual bag weights were estimated to be in excess of 60 pounds which caused actual center of gravity to be aft. Bag weights need to be raised for standard (average) calculations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT HAS NOSE RISE UNCTLABLY ON LNDG.

Narrative: NOSE ROSE UNCTLABLY AFTER MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN ON LNDG. CAUSED BY USING STANDARD BAG WTS. APPROVED BY FAA. ACTUAL BAG WTS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 60 LBS WHICH CAUSED ACTUAL CTR OF GRAVITY TO BE AFT. BAG WTS NEED TO BE RAISED FOR STANDARD (AVG) CALCULATIONS.

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.