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Captain of a B727 aborted takeoff due to an open service door light illuminating during takeoff roll. Door was inspected and recycled by so and further inspected by company mechanic. Aircraft was redispatched and subsequent takeoff was normal with no warning lights observed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426339 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 426339 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On takeoff atl runway 26L, L2 (left service) door open light came on at 80 KTS. Captain initiated abort at approximately 90 KTS. First officer notified tower of abort. So made PA and opened cockpit door. Parked aircraft on parallel taxiway to run procedures and talk to mco/dispatch. So inspected and cycled door. Light extinguished. Commuting off duty air carrier line mechanic also inspected door. Captain elected to attempt another takeoff with concurrence from mco/dispatch after reading and complying with fom X. Captain made PA concerning problem and decision to make another takeoff. Subsequent takeoff revealed no further problems. Mco'ed L2 door open indicator light.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B727 ABORTED TKOF DUE TO AN OPEN SVC DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATING DURING TKOF ROLL. DOOR WAS INSPECTED AND RECYCLED BY SO AND FURTHER INSPECTED BY COMPANY MECH. ACFT WAS REDISPATCHED AND SUBSEQUENT TKOF WAS NORMAL WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS OBSERVED.
Narrative: ON TKOF ATL RWY 26L, L2 (L SVC) DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME ON AT 80 KTS. CAPT INITIATED ABORT AT APPROX 90 KTS. FO NOTIFIED TWR OF ABORT. SO MADE PA AND OPENED COCKPIT DOOR. PARKED ACFT ON PARALLEL TXWY TO RUN PROCS AND TALK TO MCO/DISPATCH. SO INSPECTED AND CYCLED DOOR. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. COMMUTING OFF DUTY ACR LINE MECH ALSO INSPECTED DOOR. CAPT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER TKOF WITH CONCURRENCE FROM MCO/DISPATCH AFTER READING AND COMPLYING WITH FOM X. CAPT MADE PA CONCERNING PROB AND DECISION TO MAKE ANOTHER TKOF. SUBSEQUENT TKOF REVEALED NO FURTHER PROBS. MCO'ED L2 DOOR OPEN INDICATOR LIGHT.
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.