Narrative:

Upon attempting to open forward passenger door at arrival; door would not open because the handrail pins were incorrectly put in. I think that the pins were incorrectly placed out of the gate on the early morning flight. Better training on the procedures of the Q400.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two Q400 flight attendants report separate anomalies on one of their flights. The B Flight Attendant reports the Customer Service Representative (CSR) sending passengers down without asking or informing the crew; and with the Lead Flight Attendant off the aircraft. Upon arrival at their destination; the A Flight Attendant wan unable to open the door because the handrail pins were incorrectly installed.

Narrative: Upon attempting to open forward passenger door at arrival; door would not open because the handrail pins were incorrectly put in. I think that the pins were incorrectly placed out of the gate on the early morning flight. Better training on the procedures of the Q400.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.