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Medium large transport main cabin door hold open latch damaged during opening at destination after being damaged by a jetway at departure gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 318710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| 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 | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 213 flight time total : 17600 flight time type : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 318710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
At departure gate in boi, jetway automatic-level caused upward vertical stress on main cabin door. Alert agent de-pwred automatic- level and removed stress. I observed a small hairline stress fracture on plastic molding at door bottom. I inspected door to include structure, trim, latches, light and pressure seal. All appeared normal. Arrival at msp, mechanic found 'hold-open' latch had broken. Apparent failure due to opening impact at msp gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG MAIN CABIN DOOR HOLD OPEN LATCH DAMAGED DURING OPENING AT DEST AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY A JETWAY AT DEP GATE.
Narrative: AT DEP GATE IN BOI, JETWAY AUTO-LEVEL CAUSED UPWARD VERT STRESS ON MAIN CABIN DOOR. ALERT AGENT DE-PWRED AUTO- LEVEL AND REMOVED STRESS. I OBSERVED A SMALL HAIRLINE STRESS FRACTURE ON PLASTIC MOLDING AT DOOR BOTTOM. I INSPECTED DOOR TO INCLUDE STRUCTURE, TRIM, LATCHES, LIGHT AND PRESSURE SEAL. ALL APPEARED NORMAL. ARR AT MSP, MECH FOUND 'HOLD-OPEN' LATCH HAD BROKEN. APPARENT FAILURE DUE TO OPENING IMPACT AT MSP 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.