A dash 8 flight crew was advised of a failed door seal by their flight attendant during initial clim...

Attributes
ACN	951829
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TRI.Airport
State Reference	TN
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Exterior Pax/Crew Door
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 2550 Flight Crew Type 2200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

At approximately 3;000 MSL in the climb the flight attendant called to report the main door didn't appear to be fully sealed and that she could see the ground through the space between the air stair door and the fuselage. She also stated that there was a loud noise coming from that same area of the door and she could barely hear me over the interphone. The aircraft was pressurizing normally. We decided to return to the field. During configuration for landing we noticed the flaps did not extend. The first officer was pilot flying and he called for and executed a go around. After the aircraft was cleaned up we checked advisory lights and hydraulic pressures and quantities; all of which were normal. Upon inspection of the circuit breakers we found the L7/flap cont circuit breaker popped. We ran the zero flap landing checklist; advised ATC that we were declaring an emergency and then switched flying pilots so that I could perform the landing. We landed without incident and taxied back to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Dash 8 flight crew was advised of a failed door seal by their Flight Attendant during initial climbout. Upon their decision to return for maintenance they were unable to extend the flaps; followed appropriate checklists; declared an emergency and landed without incident.

Narrative: At approximately 3;000 MSL in the climb the Flight Attendant called to report the main door didn't appear to be fully sealed and that she could see the ground through the space between the air stair door and the fuselage. She also stated that there was a loud noise coming from that same area of the door and she could barely hear me over the interphone. The aircraft was pressurizing normally. We decided to return to the field. During configuration for landing we noticed the flaps did not extend. The First Officer was pilot flying and he called for and executed a go around. After the aircraft was cleaned up we checked advisory lights and hydraulic pressures and quantities; all of which were normal. Upon inspection of the circuit breakers we found the L7/flap Cont CB popped. We ran the zero flap landing checklist; advised ATC that we were declaring an emergency and then switched flying pilots so that I could perform the landing. We landed without incident and taxied back to the gate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

A dash 8 flight crew was advised of a failed door seal by their flight attendant during initial climbout. Upon their decision to return for maintenance they were unable to extend the flaps; followed appropriate checklists; declared an emergency and landed without incident.