Air Canada Misloading Incidents
I am curious if anybody out there has their own procedures that they use to even partially monitor loading on their jet aircraft or is it the typical...hope for the best.
"Canadian investigators are probing the baggage-loading condition of a Boeing 737 Max 8 after an incident involving premature pitch-up during take-off. The Air Canada aircraft was departing Vancouver for Edmonton on 19 December. It was accelerating for take-off when the nose “rose unexpectedly”, according to Transportation Safety Board of Canada.“The [pilots were] able to hold it down and continued the take-off,” the authority adds. Flight AC234 then proceeded to Edmonton and landed safely. Subsequent inspection of the baggage hold found that 89 items of luggage had been placed in the aft hold, in contrast to the final loading documentation which showed them being in the forward hold.
“The company is conducting an investigation,” says the safety board. It identifies the airframe involved as C-GEKX which, according to Cirium data, had only been delivered to the airline a month beforehand. None of the 160 passengers and six crew members was injured."
"C-FTJV, an Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8, was conducting flight ACA0557 from Los Angeles Intl.
(KLAX), CA to Vancouver Intl. (CYVR), BC. During take off rotation, flight crew felt that the nose of
the aircraft was slightly heavy. After take off, flight crew verified LDF (Load Final) Data for TOW
MAC (Take Off Weight Mean Aerodynamic Chord) accuracy. After verification, all cargo was
loaded in the forward cargo hold which resulted in a 5.8% forward difference in TOW MAC. Flight
continued to CYVR with no further incident."