FAA inspector found a B-727 landing gear wing door open facing outboard during a postflt inspection.

Attributes
ACN	261493
Time
Date	199401
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bed
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	261493
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was the engineer on an aircraft that flew a trip from phl to bed on jan/wed/94. After arrival in bed, the local FAA found that a gear wing door was located in the outboard position (to facilitate tire removal on B-727). The aircraft had flown numerous legs since maintenance, including cross country (lax-ewr) with no indications of an unseated gear door. It is not clear whether the gear door was tampered with on the ground at bed or if it was indeed left in the extended position after maintenance. No adverse effects resulted from this incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FAA INSPECTOR FOUND A B-727 LNDG GEAR WING DOOR OPEN FACING OUTBOARD DURING A POSTFLT INSPECTION.

Narrative: I WAS THE ENGINEER ON AN ACFT THAT FLEW A TRIP FROM PHL TO BED ON JAN/WED/94. AFTER ARR IN BED, THE LCL FAA FOUND THAT A GEAR WING DOOR WAS LOCATED IN THE OUTBOARD POS (TO FACILITATE TIRE REMOVAL ON B-727). THE ACFT HAD FLOWN NUMEROUS LEGS SINCE MAINT, INCLUDING XCOUNTRY (LAX-EWR) WITH NO INDICATIONS OF AN UNSEATED GEAR DOOR. IT IS NOT CLR WHETHER THE GEAR DOOR WAS TAMPERED WITH ON THE GND AT BED OR IF IT WAS INDEED LEFT IN THE EXTENDED POS AFTER MAINT. NO ADVERSE EFFECTS RESULTED FROM THIS 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.