Narrative:

Shortly after liftoff; both pilots heard air/wind noise behind the cockpit. This is not terribly unusual; as the coffeepot area often emits these types of sounds on occasion during climbout; so we continued the climb. Passing through 4000 feet; the door unlock light was noticed on the master caution panel. Non-flying pilot looked back at the main cabin door and observed that the handle was raised slightly above the horizontal/closed-and-locked position. We alerted ATC of our intention to return to the departure field; but did not declare an emergency. Approach and landing were uneventful. Door unlock light was not on prior to takeoff.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After takeoff a BE400's DOOR UNLOCK light illuminated. The handle was observed out of the locked position so the crew returned to land without declaring an emergency.

Narrative: Shortly after liftoff; both pilots heard air/wind noise behind the cockpit. This is not terribly unusual; as the coffeepot area often emits these types of sounds on occasion during climbout; so we continued the climb. Passing through 4000 feet; the DOOR UNLOCK light was noticed on the master caution panel. Non-flying pilot looked back at the main cabin door and observed that the handle was raised slightly above the horizontal/closed-and-locked position. We alerted ATC of our intention to return to the departure field; but did not declare an emergency. Approach and landing were uneventful. Door unlock light was NOT on prior to takeoff.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.