Nose landing gear door opened for maintenance, but not closed and locked when dispatched. MD80.

Attributes
ACN	341736
Time
Date	199607
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bdl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	341736
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Went to work on inbound write-up on aircraft on the gate. I opened nose gear door, relamped nose gear wheelwell down lock light. Signed off log page and returned logbook to cockpit. Left aircraft and went into the shop to get a ride to another aircraft at 'X' terminal to do another aircraft move. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter was contacted and related the following details. Job assigned was a nose gear wheelwell lock light bulb replacement on an MD80 airplane. Reporter manually unlocked and opened the right nose gear door to gain access to the light assembly. The bulb was replaced and checked ok. There was pressure to board the logbook as the jetway was ready to move away from the airplane. The logbook was signed for job accomplishment and delivered to the cockpit. Reporter was then assigned another aircraft move and left the area. No write-up was made to close and lock the open door. There is no maintenance manual procedure for a routine lamp replacement. Reporter stated no FAA contact regarding this incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NOSE LNDG GEAR DOOR OPENED FOR MAINT, BUT NOT CLOSED AND LOCKED WHEN DISPATCHED. MD80.

Narrative: WENT TO WORK ON INBOUND WRITE-UP ON ACFT ON THE GATE. I OPENED NOSE GEAR DOOR, RELAMPED NOSE GEAR WHEELWELL DOWN LOCK LIGHT. SIGNED OFF LOG PAGE AND RETURNED LOGBOOK TO COCKPIT. LEFT ACFT AND WENT INTO THE SHOP TO GET A RIDE TO ANOTHER ACFT AT 'X' TERMINAL TO DO ANOTHER ACFT MOVE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS CONTACTED AND RELATED THE FOLLOWING DETAILS. JOB ASSIGNED WAS A NOSE GEAR WHEELWELL LOCK LIGHT BULB REPLACEMENT ON AN MD80 AIRPLANE. RPTR MANUALLY UNLOCKED AND OPENED THE R NOSE GEAR DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE BULB WAS REPLACED AND CHKED OK. THERE WAS PRESSURE TO BOARD THE LOGBOOK AS THE JETWAY WAS READY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE LOGBOOK WAS SIGNED FOR JOB ACCOMPLISHMENT AND DELIVERED TO THE COCKPIT. RPTR WAS THEN ASSIGNED ANOTHER ACFT MOVE AND LEFT THE AREA. NO WRITE-UP WAS MADE TO CLOSE AND LOCK THE OPEN DOOR. THERE IS NO MAINT MANUAL PROC FOR A ROUTINE LAMP REPLACEMENT. RPTR STATED NO FAA CONTACT REGARDING THIS INCIDENT.

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.