# Incident 19970517042369I: Aerosp ATR42320, Baton Rouge, LA, May 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- 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
- Location: 30.5329° N, 91.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD (BTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5329&lon=-91.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21837, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21837-2010-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970517042369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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