Service difficulty report · Warning Message · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
April 29, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
14,460 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Warning Message
Condition
False Activation
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) AFTER DEPARTURE THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A FUSELAGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT CREW RAN THROUGH CHECKLIST, CHECKED WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WAS VECTORED TO LAND. UPON LANDING AND RETURNING TO GATE, THE DOOR WAS CHECKED AND VERIFIED TO BE CLOSED. THE GROUND CREW APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE DOOR HANDLE MECHANISM TO ENSURE IT WAS PROPERLY LATCHED AND THE FUSELAGE DOOR WARNING LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. AFTER FLIGHT CREW SPOKE WITH MOC, THE ACFT WAS FUELED AND DEPARTED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.