Canada B38M at Los Angeles on Jan 3rd 2022, load mismatch results in nose heavy departure

Last Update: January 6, 2022 / 20:20:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 3, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-557

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Vancouver, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FTJV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-FTJV performing flight AC-557 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 103 people on board, was departing from Los Angeles' runway 25R when the crew noticed during rotation for takeoff that the aircraft was slightly nose heavy. The aircraft climbed out, the crew subsequently verified the load sheet and found out, that all cargo had been loaded into the forward cargo hold, which showed the actual CG 5.8% (in relation to MAC) forward of the computed takeoff CG. The crew continued the flight to Vancouver without further incident.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
Canada
Date of Registration
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Boeing
Aircraft Model / Type
737-8
ICAO Aircraft Type
B38M
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 3, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-557

Departure
Los Angeles, United States

Destination
Vancouver, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-FTJV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

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