Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Human Factors
Due to ACARS weight and balance I directed the ramp lead to move the one and only bag from the aft cargo compartment to the front and to add 500lbs. of ballast to the front cargo compartment. On rotation we noticed a slight nose up pitch tendency but dismissed it as normal for the aft CG limit. On arrival; the First Officer (FO) discovered that the 500lbs. of ballast had been placed in the aft cargo compartment.
The CRJ-700 Captain noticed a pitch up tendency during takeoff; and discovered after landing that 500 pounds of ballast was improperly loaded in the aft cargo compartment instead of in the front cargo compartment.