Service difficulty report · Warning System · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
April 28, 2015
Submitted
April 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412AP
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
102
Aircraft time
3,266 hours, 1,793 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
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

UPON TAKEOFF, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, AN EICAS MSG CAUTION LIGHT FOR, MAIN CABIN DOOR, CAME ON. PILOT COMMUNICATED TO TOWER TO RETURN WITHOUT DECLARING EMER. WHEN TRANSFERRED TO APPROACH, PILOT DECLARED EMER & WAS GIVEN PRIORITY TO 25R & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON GND, THE DOOR WAS OPENED & CLOSED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME, THE DOOR IS FOUND CLOSED OR LOCKED & LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THIS MATTER WAS RELAYED BY THE FLIGHT CREW AS THE CHECKLIST FOR THIS ABNORMALITY IS INSUFFICIENT & AMBIGUOUS, POOR DOOR WARNING CHECKLIST. REPLIED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SUBMIT A CHANGE TO THE CHECKLIST.