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B737 flight crew returned to land overweight due to the aft galley door latch moving to the open position during takeoff. Tires deflated after landing due to brakes overheating because of exceeding maximum landing weight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 521909 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Tue |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : den.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 11 flight attendant time total : 11 flight attendant time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 521909 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : cabin door ajar light other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Door handle on aft galley door moved to the open position on takeoff. Captain was notified. Returned to airport. On landing heavy, due to fuel on board, the brakes overheated causing the tires to deflate. Maintenance checked interior door, brakes cooled off, tires were replaced. Flight resumed after maintenance signed logbook.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FLC RETURNED TO LAND OVERWT DUE TO THE AFT GALLEY DOOR LATCH MOVING TO THE OPEN POS DURING TKOF. TIRES DEFLATED AFTER LNDG DUE TO BRAKES OVERHEATING BECAUSE OF EXCEEDING MAX LNDG WT.
Narrative: DOOR HANDLE ON AFT GALLEY DOOR MOVED TO THE OPEN POS ON TKOF. CAPT WAS NOTIFIED. RETURNED TO ARPT. ON LNDG HVY, DUE TO FUEL ON BOARD, THE BRAKES OVERHEATED CAUSING THE TIRES TO DEFLATE. MAINT CHKED INTERIOR DOOR, BRAKES COOLED OFF, TIRES WERE REPLACED. FLT RESUMED AFTER MAINT SIGNED LOGBOOK.
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.