Flight crew flew aircraft without getting damaged door signed off by maintenance.

Attributes
ACN	318878
Time
Date	199510
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : boi
State Reference	ID
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	318878
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

At boi gate agent allowed jetway to contact bottom of aircraft entrance door. Upon inspection, captain discovered no apparent damage other than some stress cracks on the door bottom trim molding. Door closed and sealed normally and light extinguished. Maintenance was notified by captain of situation (I believe). Upon arrival in msp after door was opened, the door hold-open latching hook was discovered broken lying in jetway. Apparently it cracked from stress of jetway in boi on door and failed when door was latched open against fuselage in msp. Aircraft was removed from service. In the future I would make sure that there was no chance of any hidden damage to components of the aircraft if it should come into contact with ground equipment. Also, I would not accept an airplane by merely talking with maintenance on the phone. I would have a mechanic physically inspect the suspect component.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FLEW ACFT WITHOUT GETTING DAMAGED DOOR SIGNED OFF BY MAINT.

Narrative: AT BOI GATE AGENT ALLOWED JETWAY TO CONTACT BOTTOM OF ACFT ENTRANCE DOOR. UPON INSPECTION, CAPT DISCOVERED NO APPARENT DAMAGE OTHER THAN SOME STRESS CRACKS ON THE DOOR BOTTOM TRIM MOLDING. DOOR CLOSED AND SEALED NORMALLY AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. MAINT WAS NOTIFIED BY CAPT OF SIT (I BELIEVE). UPON ARR IN MSP AFTER DOOR WAS OPENED, THE DOOR HOLD-OPEN LATCHING HOOK WAS DISCOVERED BROKEN LYING IN JETWAY. APPARENTLY IT CRACKED FROM STRESS OF JETWAY IN BOI ON DOOR AND FAILED WHEN DOOR WAS LATCHED OPEN AGAINST FUSELAGE IN MSP. ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SVC. IN THE FUTURE I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF ANY HIDDEN DAMAGE TO COMPONENTS OF THE ACFT IF IT SHOULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH GND EQUIP. ALSO, I WOULD NOT ACCEPT AN AIRPLANE BY MERELY TALKING WITH MAINT ON THE PHONE. I WOULD HAVE A MECH PHYSICALLY INSPECT THE SUSPECT COMPONENT.

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.