Baggage door open and exited aircraft. Medical expired.

Attributes
ACN	258810
Time
Date	199312
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : btr
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : btr
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	258810
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

After takeoff over airport, nose baggage door came open. Departed aircraft and landed on airport. After landing to recover door, met with FAA. While filling out report, I found that my medical license had lapsed about 60 days prior. I received a medical within 4 hours after I found it had expired and was issued a 3RD class medical, no limitations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BAGGAGE DOOR OPEN AND EXITED ACFT. MEDICAL EXPIRED.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF OVER ARPT, NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR CAME OPEN. DEPARTED ACFT AND LANDED ON ARPT. AFTER LNDG TO RECOVER DOOR, MET WITH FAA. WHILE FILLING OUT RPT, I FOUND THAT MY MEDICAL LICENSE HAD LAPSED ABOUT 60 DAYS PRIOR. I RECEIVED A MEDICAL WITHIN 4 HRS AFTER I FOUND IT HAD EXPIRED AND WAS ISSUED A 3RD CLASS MEDICAL, NO LIMITATIONS.

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.