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Flight crew of a canadair CL65 declared an emergency and diverted to land at another airport because of a cabin door warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 494339 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200012 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 29000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob.artcc tracon : pit.tracon |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4100 flight time type : 1900 |
| ASRS Report | 494339 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
En route to swf at FL290, acquired a passenger door warning. We ran our emergency procedures and declared an emergency to ZOB and diverted to pit. When we checked in with pit tower, I learned that they didn't roll the trucks for us. In my opinion, I think that ZOB might not have communicated the fact that I did in fact declare an emergency, even though our problem was not as serious as most that require fire trucks. In the future, I will make sure that when I get a frequency change after declaring an emergency, I will restate the fact to the new controller or facility. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that company maintenance could not find anything wrong with the door latching and believed that the warning was probably caused by a faulty door warning circuit interruption. The aircraft was going to be ferried to the company maintenance base.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A CANADAIR CL65 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND AT ANOTHER ARPT BECAUSE OF A CABIN DOOR WARNING.
Narrative: ENRTE TO SWF AT FL290, ACQUIRED A PAX DOOR WARNING. WE RAN OUR EMER PROCS AND DECLARED AN EMER TO ZOB AND DIVERTED TO PIT. WHEN WE CHKED IN WITH PIT TWR, I LEARNED THAT THEY DIDN'T ROLL THE TRUCKS FOR US. IN MY OPINION, I THINK THAT ZOB MIGHT NOT HAVE COMMUNICATED THE FACT THAT I DID IN FACT DECLARE AN EMER, EVEN THOUGH OUR PROB WAS NOT AS SERIOUS AS MOST THAT REQUIRE FIRE TRUCKS. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I GET A FREQ CHANGE AFTER DECLARING AN EMER, I WILL RESTATE THE FACT TO THE NEW CTLR OR FACILITY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT COMPANY MAINT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE DOOR LATCHING AND BELIEVED THAT THE WARNING WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY A FAULTY DOOR WARNING CIRCUIT INTERRUPTION. THE ACFT WAS GOING TO BE FERRIED TO THE COMPANY MAINT BASE.
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.