MD80 aircraft access door left open.

Attributes
ACN	409311
Time
Date	199807
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
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	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	other : unknown
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	409311
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After a 30 min delay due to traffic, the aircraft behind us said that we had a panel door open. We taxied back to the ramp area to have it closed. This added about 30 mins to our delay.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 ACFT ACCESS DOOR LEFT OPEN.

Narrative: AFTER A 30 MIN DELAY DUE TO TFC, THE ACFT BEHIND US SAID THAT WE HAD A PANEL DOOR OPEN. WE TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AREA TO HAVE IT CLOSED. THIS ADDED ABOUT 30 MINS TO OUR DELAY.

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.