The left main gear door opened on landing on an air carrier medium large transport.

Attributes
ACN	258195
Time
Date	199312
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 205 flight time total : 9500 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	258195
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	258078
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Left main landing gear door opened on touchdown causing damage to door. Aircraft towed to gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE L MAIN GEAR DOOR OPENED ON LNDG ON AN ACR MLG.

Narrative: L MAIN LNDG GEAR DOOR OPENED ON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO DOOR. ACFT TOWED TO GATE.

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.