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B737-400 aircraft on takeoff roll had master caution and aft cargo door lights illuminate. Reporter captain aborted the takeoff, taxied back to the gate where the door was checked closed and the flight continued. Faulty light switch.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 401395 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 14600 flight time type : 8800 |
| ASRS Report | 401395 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Prior to 80 KTS on takeoff, master caution aft cargo door lights illuminated, takeoff rejected. Return to gate. 'Light malfunction' -- door was closed and locked throughout the event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-400 ACFT ON TKOF ROLL HAD MASTER CAUTION AND AFT CARGO DOOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. RPTR CAPT ABORTED THE TKOF, TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE WHERE THE DOOR WAS CHKED CLOSED AND THE FLT CONTINUED. FAULTY LIGHT SWITCH.
Narrative: PRIOR TO 80 KTS ON TKOF, MASTER CAUTION AFT CARGO DOOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, TKOF REJECTED. RETURN TO GATE. 'LIGHT MALFUNCTION' -- DOOR WAS CLOSED AND LOCKED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
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.