<< >> NASA ASRS Report 393548, February 1998

An EMB120 was dispatched without an amended release after returning to the field to correct a cargo door warning problem.

Attributes
ACN	393548
Time
Date	199802
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cvg
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : cvg tower : cvg
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff other
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	393548
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 2700 flight time type : 1450
ASRS Report	393856
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Our flight departed cvg and in the initial stages of the climb out, the warning system alerted us that the cargo door was not locked. We asked for and were given vectors for a return to cvg. We were instructed to stop adjacent to a gate so ramp personnel could check the door, a zipper from one bag was found to have fouled the door. It was moved, the door was closed, and the warning light extinguished. The crew was satisfied that the problem was solved and the flight continued. Because the engines were never shut down, no maintenance write-up was made, no doors were opened, the flight continued under its original flight release. It has now been ascertained that a new flight release or an amended flight release should have been obtained.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN EMB120 WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT AN AMENDED RELEASE AFTER RETURNING TO THE FIELD TO CORRECT A CARGO DOOR WARNING PROB.

Narrative: OUR FLT DEPARTED CVG AND IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF THE CLBOUT, THE WARNING SYS ALERTED US THAT THE CARGO DOOR WAS NOT LOCKED. WE ASKED FOR AND WERE GIVEN VECTORS FOR A RETURN TO CVG. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO STOP ADJACENT TO A GATE SO RAMP PERSONNEL COULD CHK THE DOOR, A ZIPPER FROM ONE BAG WAS FOUND TO HAVE FOULED THE DOOR. IT WAS MOVED, THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, AND THE WARNING LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THE CREW WAS SATISFIED THAT THE PROB WAS SOLVED AND THE FLT CONTINUED. BECAUSE THE ENGS WERE NEVER SHUT DOWN, NO MAINT WRITE-UP WAS MADE, NO DOORS WERE OPENED, THE FLT CONTINUED UNDER ITS ORIGINAL FLT RELEASE. IT HAS NOW BEEN ASCERTAINED THAT A NEW FLT RELEASE OR AN AMENDED FLT RELEASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.

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.