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A B757-200 experienced a firm landing; causing an emergency raft ceiling door to dislodge; striking a passenger seat and causing possible minor injuries.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 702730 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den.airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9228 flight time type : 3857 |
| ASRS Report | 702730 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 702733 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
After normal; stabilized approach to runway 16L; touchdown was firm; but not hard by fom definition. Flight attendants called cockpit on taxi in to inform that door covering emergency raft in aft ceiling had opened and someone had been struck. A maintenance write-up was entered into ACARS due to raft door opening. In-flight supervisor and paramedics were notified due to passenger being struck by door. Paramedic informed me after examining passenger that door had struck the back of the passenger seat and the passenger complained of a little discomfort.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 EXPERIENCED A FIRM LNDG; CAUSING AN EMER RAFT CEILING DOOR TO DISLODGE; STRIKING A PAX SEAT AND CAUSING POSSIBLE MINOR INJURIES.
Narrative: AFTER NORMAL; STABILIZED APCH TO RWY 16L; TOUCHDOWN WAS FIRM; BUT NOT HARD BY FOM DEFINITION. FLT ATTENDANTS CALLED COCKPIT ON TAXI IN TO INFORM THAT DOOR COVERING EMER RAFT IN AFT CEILING HAD OPENED AND SOMEONE HAD BEEN STRUCK. A MAINT WRITE-UP WAS ENTERED INTO ACARS DUE TO RAFT DOOR OPENING. INFLT SUPVR AND PARAMEDICS WERE NOTIFIED DUE TO PAX BEING STRUCK BY DOOR. PARAMEDIC INFORMED ME AFTER EXAMINING PAX THAT DOOR HAD STRUCK THE BACK OF THE PAX SEAT AND THE PAX COMPLAINED OF A LITTLE DISCOMFORT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.