19970517042369I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR 42-320 · Baton Rouge, LA · May 17, 1997

Date: May 17, 1997
Place: Baton Rouge, LA
Airport: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: C2XA
Aircraft: N21837
Reported as: Aerosp ATR42320
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total1,000 in this make and model225 in the last 90 days

N21837Registration cancelled Aug 31, 2010 · Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320S/N 202 Airframe modelAerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW121Turbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: flight 3873, ATR-42, N21837, started taxiing for departure from the Baton Rouge airport with the main cabin door open. Ground personnel did not notice it was open when he marshaled them out. The cabin door light was mel'd, which required coordination between flight and cabin crew. Continental express (ce) reviewed incident, retrained flight & ground personnel on MEL procedures, and removed captain, flight attendant, & marshaler from duty as proscribed by ce procedures. MEL item was cleared. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 3873, ATR-42, N21837, STARTED TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE FROM THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT WITH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR OPEN. GROUND PERSONNEL DID NOT NOTICE IT WAS OPEN WHEN HE MARSHALED THEM OUT. THE CABIN DOOR LIGHT WAS MEL'D, WHICH REQUIRED COORDINATION BETWEEN FLIGHT AND CABIN CREW. CONTINENTAL EXPRESS (CE) REVIEWED INCIDENT, RETRAINED FLIGHT & GROUND PERSONNEL ON MEL PROCEDURES, AND REMOVED CAPTAIN, FLIGHT ATTENDANT, & MARSHALER FROM DUTY AS PROSCRIBED BY CE PROCEDURES. MEL ITEM WAS CLEARED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^