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A B737-300 found on arrival air conditioning ground service door hanging open. Door closed by crew and taped closed by a ramp supervisor with no log write-up.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411151 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mco |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2100 |
| ASRS Report | 411151 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After landing at mci, cockpit notified that air conditioning ground service door was open. The captain then proceeded to close the aircraft door, stated that the door seemed to be ok. Company maintenance was notified of situation. They then contacted contract maintenance to come look at aircraft door and ensure it was working. While this was going on, unknown to flight deck, a ramp supervisor placed speed tape over door as an added safety measure. Ramp then notified us that the door had been taped. We passed this fact on to company maintenance, and maintenance stated that as the door seemed to be working fine, and that this was not a safety of flight matter, it was fine to proceed to next stop. Contract maintenance was contacted at next stop, and write-up in logbook made. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a B737-300 and the ground service door appeared ok. The reporter said no logbook entry was made at mci.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-300 FOUND ON ARR AIR CONDITIONING GND SVC DOOR HANGING OPEN. DOOR CLOSED BY CREW AND TAPED CLOSED BY A RAMP SUPVR WITH NO LOG WRITE-UP.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT MCI, COCKPIT NOTIFIED THAT AIR CONDITIONING GND SVC DOOR WAS OPEN. THE CAPT THEN PROCEEDED TO CLOSE THE ACFT DOOR, STATED THAT THE DOOR SEEMED TO BE OK. COMPANY MAINT WAS NOTIFIED OF SIT. THEY THEN CONTACTED CONTRACT MAINT TO COME LOOK AT ACFT DOOR AND ENSURE IT WAS WORKING. WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON, UNKNOWN TO FLT DECK, A RAMP SUPVR PLACED SPD TAPE OVER DOOR AS AN ADDED SAFETY MEASURE. RAMP THEN NOTIFIED US THAT THE DOOR HAD BEEN TAPED. WE PASSED THIS FACT ON TO COMPANY MAINT, AND MAINT STATED THAT AS THE DOOR SEEMED TO BE WORKING FINE, AND THAT THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY OF FLT MATTER, IT WAS FINE TO PROCEED TO NEXT STOP. CONTRACT MAINT WAS CONTACTED AT NEXT STOP, AND WRITE-UP IN LOGBOOK MADE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B737-300 AND THE GND SVC DOOR APPEARED OK. THE RPTR SAID NO LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE AT MCI.
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.