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A dornier 328 in climb at FL250 declared an emergency and diverted due to main cabin passenger door warning indicated open.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 528076 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tri.airport |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 25000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Do 328 TP (Turboprop) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 2900 flight time type : 1900 |
| ASRS Report | 528076 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
We were climbing through FL250 for FL270 when the right warning panel door light indicator appeared, followed by a triple chime. The door page showed the main passenger door was open. The pressurization started to rise at 650 FPM. We declared an emergency and diverted to tri cities, tn. Our original route was from knoxville, tn, to philadelphia, PA. We received emergency priority and landed uneventfully. We descended from FL250 to 10000 ft as soon as ATC cleared it. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a dornier 328 and the equipment malfunction was a failed door sensor. The reporter said the sensor failed in the door open position which initiated depressurization of the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DORNIER 328 IN CLB AT FL250 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO MAIN CABIN PAX DOOR WARNING INDICATED OPEN.
Narrative: WE WERE CLBING THROUGH FL250 FOR FL270 WHEN THE R WARNING PANEL DOOR LIGHT INDICATOR APPEARED, FOLLOWED BY A TRIPLE CHIME. THE DOOR PAGE SHOWED THE MAIN PAX DOOR WAS OPEN. THE PRESSURIZATION STARTED TO RISE AT 650 FPM. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO TRI CITIES, TN. OUR ORIGINAL RTE WAS FROM KNOXVILLE, TN, TO PHILADELPHIA, PA. WE RECEIVED EMER PRIORITY AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. WE DSNDED FROM FL250 TO 10000 FT AS SOON AS ATC CLRED IT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A DORNIER 328 AND THE EQUIP MALFUNCTION WAS A FAILED DOOR SENSOR. THE RPTR SAID THE SENSOR FAILED IN THE DOOR OPEN POS WHICH INITIATED DEPRESSURIZATION OF THE ACFT.
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.