AN ACR SMT ROCKED ONTO ITS TAIL.

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PRIOR TO PICKING UP OUR CHARTER PAX; I BRIEFED TO THE COPLT AT LENGTH ON OUR COMPANY'S LOADING PROC. WE WERE TO PICK UP 15 PAX FOR A DAY TRIP. THE WT AND BAL SHOWED US TO BE WITHIN LIMITS. I WAS SEATED IN THE PLT'S SEAT WHILE THE COPLT DIRECTED AND ASSISTED IN THE PROPER LOADING OF THE ACFT. ALL FORWARD SEATS WERE OCCUPIED BEFORE AFT SEATS. WHEN THE LAST PAX BOARDED; THE ACFT TILTED AND LANDED ON ITS TAIL CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE COPLT VERY GINGERLY RIGHTED THE ACFT AND WE DEPLANED ALL PAX WITHOUT INCIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY CANCELED THE FLT AND NOTIFIED COMPANY MAINT. THE PROB AROSE FROM THE FACT THAT IT WAS A DAY TRIP; MEANING NO BAGGAGE TO PUT IN THE NOSE. IN SUCH SITS; AN ACFT SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH A BALLAST AND A TAILSTAND. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 258352: WITH NO BAGS; THE CTR OF GRAVITY WAS JUST INSIDE THE AFT LIMIT BUT THE PAX HAD NO BAGS - NOT EVEN SO MUCH AS A BRIEFCASE. WE WERE WITHIN LIMITS ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS (AND STANDARD WTS) BUT THE PAX WERE ALL MEN AND PROBABLY AVERAGED MORE LIKE 190-200 LBS EACH. THIS WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE MIGHT HAVE BECOME AIRBORNE WITH AN AFT CENTER OF GRAVITY.