Commuter has propeller damage due to open baggage door.

Attributes
ACN	243414
Time
Date	199306
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : yyz
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport
Flight Phase	ground : holding
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5300 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	243413
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

When cleared to taxi into position and hold on runway 24L at lax. The nose baggage door opened and a carry on bag fell out and nicked the propeller. This event went undetected until the plane landed in palmdale and we noticed the bag missing and a nick in the propeller. Normal procedure is for the ramper to check and secure the door and for the copilot to double-check it before departure. In our case, neither the ramper nor the copilot noticed a broken latch when checking the door. I cannot speak for the ramper but I know the copilot and I had flown together subsequent to the accident and we were both tired from having flown numerous days in a row with multiple lndgs in adverse WX over unfamiliar rtes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER HAS PROP DAMAGE DUE TO OPEN BAGGAGE DOOR.

Narrative: WHEN CLRED TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 24L AT LAX. THE NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR OPENED AND A CARRY ON BAG FELL OUT AND NICKED THE PROP. THIS EVENT WENT UNDETECTED UNTIL THE PLANE LANDED IN PALMDALE AND WE NOTICED THE BAG MISSING AND A NICK IN THE PROP. NORMAL PROC IS FOR THE RAMPER TO CHK AND SECURE THE DOOR AND FOR THE COPLT TO DOUBLE-CHK IT BEFORE DEP. IN OUR CASE, NEITHER THE RAMPER NOR THE COPLT NOTICED A BROKEN LATCH WHEN CHKING THE DOOR. I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE RAMPER BUT I KNOW THE COPLT AND I HAD FLOWN TOGETHER SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT AND WE WERE BOTH TIRED FROM HAVING FLOWN NUMEROUS DAYS IN A ROW WITH MULTIPLE LNDGS IN ADVERSE WX OVER UNFAMILIAR RTES.

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.