An medium large transport commercial fixed wing aircraft incurred damage to the left air conditioning bay door latch when opened at the captain's request to vent the hot air causing the left wing body overheat light to illuminate.

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Attributes
ACN	407269
Time
Date	199806
Day	Sun
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	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 15000
ASRS Report	407269
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After pushback left wing body overheat light illuminated. With mechanic on headset, asked him to open bay door due to excess hot air buildup after on ground for 1 hour and APU running. Mechanic did same and light went out. Upon return aircraft pulled from service because mechanic had broken latch and not informed me.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MLG COMMERCIAL FIXED WING ACFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO THE L AIR CONDITIONING BAY DOOR LATCH WHEN OPENED AT THE CAPT'S REQUEST TO VENT THE HOT AIR CAUSING THE L WING BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE.

Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK L WING BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WITH MECH ON HEADSET, ASKED HIM TO OPEN BAY DOOR DUE TO EXCESS HOT AIR BUILDUP AFTER ON GND FOR 1 HR AND APU RUNNING. MECH DID SAME AND LIGHT WENT OUT. UPON RETURN ACFT PULLED FROM SVC BECAUSE MECH HAD BROKEN LATCH AND NOT INFORMED ME.

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.