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An EMB145 flight crew experienced a baggage door warning light and pressure bump after takeoff. They returned to departure airport and found door closed but not secured.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 758624 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200710 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 758624 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : door warning light other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff we received a baggage door open indication light associated with a pressure bump. Operations manual was complied with and we returned to departure airport. Ground crew found cargo door closed but not secured. Cargo door was closed and secured; dispatch notified; new release printed; fuel brought up to total fuel; and notification message was sent to operations. Flight was redispatched and flown without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN EMB145 FLT CREW EXPERIENCED A BAGGAGE DOOR WARNING LIGHT AND PRESSURE BUMP AFTER TAKEOFF. THEY RETURNED TO DEP ARPT AND FOUND DOOR CLOSED BUT NOT SECURED.
Narrative: SHORTLY AFTER TKOF WE RECEIVED A BAGGAGE DOOR OPEN INDICATION LIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A PRESSURE BUMP. OPS MANUAL WAS COMPLIED WITH AND WE RETURNED TO DEP ARPT. GND CREW FOUND CARGO DOOR CLOSED BUT NOT SECURED. CARGO DOOR WAS CLOSED AND SECURED; DISPATCH NOTIFIED; NEW RELEASE PRINTED; FUEL BROUGHT UP TO TOTAL FUEL; AND NOTIFICATION MESSAGE WAS SENT TO OPS. FLT WAS REDISPATCHED AND FLOWN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
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.