Narrative:

I checked the passenger in for the flight while my copilot cleaned up the airplane from the previous flight. My copilot picked up the ATIS and got the clearance while I loaded the bags into cargo bins a and B then loaded the passenger. After the passenger were seated; I closed the door and removed the tail stand. I did a final walkaround of the aircraft to ensure the aircraft was secure for flight. I climbed into the right seat of the aircraft; as it was my copilot's leg to fly. I briefed the passenger and did the weight and balance which showed a center of gravity near the aft end of the envelope but well within limits. We then ran the checklist and started the engine. We received our taxi clearance and taxied out for runway xx. Everything checked out without even the slightest hint at a problem. As my copilot taxied everything felt completely normal. We taxied across runway xy and my copilot applied a slight back pressure to the yoke to lessen the feel of the bump when crossing that runway. Right after crossing the runway the aircraft's nose rose slowly and the tail scraped the taxiway. I said my airplane and took control of the aircraft. I applied power and tapped the brakes and the nose came back down. I then asked ground control to return to the gate and we were given taxi instructions back to the ramp. During the taxi back I held the yoke forward and noted that the steering felt normal. We shut the plane down and asked the line guy to install the tail stand. After the tail stand was installed; we deplaned the passenger. Upon additional review of the aircraft weight and balance records; my copilot and myself found that the data we had available and believed to be the most current was not up to date; therefore resulting in incorrect calculations. Additionally; we found that the current weight and balance documents on board the aircraft had errors and were incorrect. After the errors were discovered the company took action and has reweighed the aircraft and has corrected all errors. Supplemental information from acn 793716: as I taxied everything felt completely normal. The airplane did not feel tail heavy at all. I taxied across runway xy and applied a slight back pressure to the yoke to lessen the feel of the bump when crossing that runway. Then I returned the controls to neutral. Right after that I glanced down at the panel and then back up and something didn't look right. At first I thought that maybe my seat had reclined so I tried looking above the nose at which point I realized that I could not see the taxiway and the nose had come off the ground. I confirmed the power was idle and the controls neutral. While I was doing this I said to the captain 'what is this?' right after I said that we heard the tail tie down hook scrape the ground.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BECAUSE OF WT AND BALANCE DATA ERRORS; A C208'S TAIL DRAGGED ON THE TXWY WITH THE NOSE WHEEL IN THE AIR. THE ACFT WAS REWEIGHED AFTER RETURNING TO THE GATE.

Narrative: I CHKED THE PAX IN FOR THE FLT WHILE MY COPLT CLEANED UP THE AIRPLANE FROM THE PREVIOUS FLT. MY COPLT PICKED UP THE ATIS AND GOT THE CLRNC WHILE I LOADED THE BAGS INTO CARGO BINS A AND B THEN LOADED THE PAX. AFTER THE PAX WERE SEATED; I CLOSED THE DOOR AND REMOVED THE TAIL STAND. I DID A FINAL WALKAROUND OF THE ACFT TO ENSURE THE ACFT WAS SECURE FOR FLT. I CLBED INTO THE R SEAT OF THE ACFT; AS IT WAS MY COPLT'S LEG TO FLY. I BRIEFED THE PAX AND DID THE WT AND BAL WHICH SHOWED A CTR OF GRAVITY NEAR THE AFT END OF THE ENVELOPE BUT WELL WITHIN LIMITS. WE THEN RAN THE CHKLIST AND STARTED THE ENG. WE RECEIVED OUR TAXI CLRNC AND TAXIED OUT FOR RWY XX. EVERYTHING CHKED OUT WITHOUT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST HINT AT A PROB. AS MY COPLT TAXIED EVERYTHING FELT COMPLETELY NORMAL. WE TAXIED ACROSS RWY XY AND MY COPLT APPLIED A SLIGHT BACK PRESSURE TO THE YOKE TO LESSEN THE FEEL OF THE BUMP WHEN XING THAT RWY. RIGHT AFTER XING THE RWY THE ACFT'S NOSE ROSE SLOWLY AND THE TAIL SCRAPED THE TXWY. I SAID MY AIRPLANE AND TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT. I APPLIED PWR AND TAPPED THE BRAKES AND THE NOSE CAME BACK DOWN. I THEN ASKED GND CTL TO RETURN TO THE GATE AND WE WERE GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS BACK TO THE RAMP. DURING THE TAXI BACK I HELD THE YOKE FORWARD AND NOTED THAT THE STEERING FELT NORMAL. WE SHUT THE PLANE DOWN AND ASKED THE LINE GUY TO INSTALL THE TAIL STAND. AFTER THE TAIL STAND WAS INSTALLED; WE DEPLANED THE PAX. UPON ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF THE ACFT WT AND BAL RECORDS; MY COPLT AND MYSELF FOUND THAT THE DATA WE HAD AVAILABLE AND BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST CURRENT WAS NOT UP TO DATE; THEREFORE RESULTING IN INCORRECT CALCULATIONS. ADDITIONALLY; WE FOUND THAT THE CURRENT WT AND BAL DOCUMENTS ON BOARD THE ACFT HAD ERRORS AND WERE INCORRECT. AFTER THE ERRORS WERE DISCOVERED THE COMPANY TOOK ACTION AND HAS REWEIGHED THE ACFT AND HAS CORRECTED ALL ERRORS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 793716: AS I TAXIED EVERYTHING FELT COMPLETELY NORMAL. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT FEEL TAIL HVY AT ALL. I TAXIED ACROSS RWY XY AND APPLIED A SLIGHT BACK PRESSURE TO THE YOKE TO LESSEN THE FEEL OF THE BUMP WHEN XING THAT RWY. THEN I RETURNED THE CTLS TO NEUTRAL. RIGHT AFTER THAT I GLANCED DOWN AT THE PANEL AND THEN BACK UP AND SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE MY SEAT HAD RECLINED SO I TRIED LOOKING ABOVE THE NOSE AT WHICH POINT I REALIZED THAT I COULD NOT SEE THE TXWY AND THE NOSE HAD COME OFF THE GND. I CONFIRMED THE PWR WAS IDLE AND THE CTLS NEUTRAL. WHILE I WAS DOING THIS I SAID TO THE CAPT 'WHAT IS THIS?' RIGHT AFTER I SAID THAT WE HEARD THE TAIL TIE DOWN HOOK SCRAPE THE GND.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.