Forward passenger door light illuminated during taxi in on air carrier large transport.

Attributes
ACN	300571
Time
Date	199503
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
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	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	300571
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During taxi in, noted the forward entry door light illuminated. Advised captain, and called flight attendant on interphone. Door latch was pushed back down, and light went out. Contributing factor: airline unclr with flight attendants arrival procedure, attempting to improve on-time performance. Human factors: captain should possibly advise in advance he considers this action nonstandard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FORWARD PAX DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING TAXI IN ON ACR LGT.

Narrative: DURING TAXI IN, NOTED THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ADVISED CAPT, AND CALLED FLT ATTENDANT ON INTERPHONE. DOOR LATCH WAS PUSHED BACK DOWN, AND LIGHT WENT OUT. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR: AIRLINE UNCLR WITH FLT ATTENDANTS ARR PROC, ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE ON-TIME PERFORMANCE. HUMAN FACTORS: CAPT SHOULD POSSIBLY ADVISE IN ADVANCE HE CONSIDERS THIS ACTION NONSTANDARD.

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.