Originally Posted by NickLappos
It is an operating limit, listed in Section I of the approved FM, and placarded on the baggage compartment:
"Maximum Load 220KG"
Usually such limits are not for CG control, which is a task controlled by the pilot. Mass distributions are sometimes limited by the crash or maneuver loads, and thus this might be hard to increase without beefups.
The placard in the baggage compartment of the 139 I flew today said;
"Maximum Load 200KG"