B737-700 flight crew reported they departed over landing-limited ATOG because of late final weights.

Attributes
ACN	976385
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 172
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 218 Flight Crew Type 13000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance

Narrative:

We arrived at the aircraft about 40 minutes late. The plane had been there for over an hour. Dispatch fueled the jet to 20.5 (8;000 pounds tanker fuel). 137 passengers were boarded plus one cockpit rider. The agent comes up and says that we are 1;900 pounds over ATOG (132.9 landing limited); so she decided to pull nine passengers and the jumpseater. The final loading schedule was ZFW 112;566; tow 132;961. We departed over an hour late uneventfully. About 20 minutes into the flight we got an ACARS message from dispatcher. It read; 'just received a call from operations supervisor apparently agent added bags after the fact; 415 pounds freight in aft; tow 133;560 ZFW 113;165.' we were 600 pounds over landing limited ATOG. The captain and I did some rough calculations as to not land overweight and decided to configure early for landing. We landed at a weight of 126.9.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 flight crew reported they departed over landing-limited ATOG because of late final weights.

Narrative: We arrived at the aircraft about 40 minutes late. The plane had been there for over an hour. Dispatch fueled the jet to 20.5 (8;000 LBS tanker fuel). 137 passengers were boarded plus one cockpit rider. The Agent comes up and says that we are 1;900 LBS over ATOG (132.9 landing limited); so she decided to pull nine passengers and the jumpseater. The final loading schedule was ZFW 112;566; TOW 132;961. We departed over an hour late uneventfully. About 20 minutes into the flight we got an ACARS message from Dispatcher. It read; 'Just received a call from Operations Supervisor apparently agent added bags after the fact; 415 LBS freight in AFT; TOW 133;560 ZFW 113;165.' We were 600 LBS over landing limited ATOG. The Captain and I did some rough calculations as to not land overweight and decided to configure early for landing. We landed at a weight of 126.9.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.