Cargo door opened on rotation. Return land.

Attributes
ACN	196178
Time
Date	199111
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	196178
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon aircraft rotation, forward baggage door opened. Returned to field, secured door, normal operations. Flight crew must always, always, always doublechk to confirm baggage doors are secured closed, no matter how rushed, before taxi. Ramp crew and door warning lights cannot be trusted -- as proved by our incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARGO DOOR OPENED ON ROTATION. RETURN LAND.

Narrative: UPON ACFT ROTATION, FORWARD BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED. RETURNED TO FIELD, SECURED DOOR, NORMAL OPS. FLC MUST ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS DOUBLECHK TO CONFIRM BAGGAGE DOORS ARE SECURED CLOSED, NO MATTER HOW RUSHED, BEFORE TAXI. RAMP CREW AND DOOR WARNING LIGHTS CANNOT BE TRUSTED -- AS PROVED BY OUR INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.