A300 flight crew reported returning to land after the fwd cargo door not closed ECAM alerted. The al...

Narrative:

On climb out; passing 17;500 ft; ECAM warning 'fwd cargo door not closed'. All other indications normal. Returned to the departure airport. Uneventful landing. This aircraft had an almost identical issue last month while climbing out. Proper repair or deferral would have prevented this air turn back. Prior to the first departure; reviewed maintenance release; including previous discrepancy of yellow system jam detection lite on during taxi and corresponding corrective action; in accordance with company fom procedures. After the air turn back for an unassociated warning; debriefed with maintenance personnel. Mechanic mentioned he had to reopen write up that was signed off in error. After further investigation; became aware that the yellow system jam det lite (MEL 27-14-xy-xy) was previously signed off in error. I was unaware of this until the mechanic mentioned it and I saw the updated aircraft maintenance release.computer entry error by the aircraft mechanic. Mechanic closed a maintenance discrepancy that should have remained open.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 flight crew reported returning to land after the FWD CARGO DOOR NOT CLOSED ECAM alerted. The alert was a repeat discrepancy. While on the ground; maintenance informed the crew the previous YELLOW SYS JAM DETECTION servo deferral was signed off in error.

Narrative: On climb out; passing 17;500 ft; ECAM warning 'FWD CARGO DOOR NOT CLOSED'. All other indications normal. Returned to the departure airport. Uneventful landing. This aircraft had an almost identical issue last month while climbing out. Proper repair or deferral would have prevented this air turn back. Prior to the first departure; reviewed maintenance release; including previous discrepancy of YELLOW SYS JAM DETECTION LITE ON DURING TAXI and corresponding corrective action; in accordance with Company FOM procedures. After the air turn back for an unassociated warning; debriefed with maintenance personnel. Mechanic mentioned he had to reopen write up that was signed off in error. After further investigation; became aware that the YELLOW SYS JAM DET LITE (MEL 27-14-XY-XY) was previously signed off in error. I was unaware of this until the mechanic mentioned it and I saw the updated aircraft maintenance release.Computer entry error by the Aircraft Mechanic. Mechanic closed a maintenance discrepancy that should have remained open.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1409166
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aileron Control System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural MEL

A300 flight crew reported returning to land after the fwd cargo door not closed ECAM alerted. The alert was a repeat discrepancy. While on the ground; maintenance informed the crew the previous yellow system jam detection servo deferral was signed off in error.