TKOF ABORTED WHEN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT HATCH COMES OPEN IN THE NOSE AREA OF AN SMT.

Date: 1993-06 · Aircraft: Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Recip Eng

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-runway-or-taxiway-excursion

Synopsis

TKOF ABORTED WHEN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT HATCH COMES OPEN IN THE NOSE AREA OF AN SMT.

Narrative

THE AIRPLANE THAT I WAS FLYING IS A TWIN SMT. I NOTICED THAT MY OXYGEN NEEDED SVC AND MY SVC POINT IS IN THE NOSE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. I REQUESTED MAINT TO SVC IT. WHEN I WAS PREFLTING THE AIRPLANE; WHICH I HAD BEEN FLYING FOR 4 HRS PREVIOUSLY; I FAILED TO CHK THE LATCHES PROPERLY. HOWEVER; IT WASN'T NOTICEABLE TO ME THEY WERE IMPROPERLY LATCHED. IN OTHER WORDS; THE MECH CLOSED THE CARGO DOOR BUT DIDN'T LATCH IT PROPERLY. ON TKOF; JUST AS I ROTATED AND BROKE GND; THE CARGO DOOR IN FRONT OF THE PLT'S WINDOW BLEW OPEN. I HADN'T GOTTEN THE GEAR UP YET SO MY NATURAL INSTINCT WAS TO PULL THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AND ABORT THE TKOF. THIS I DID AND COULD NOT STOP THE AIRPLANE ON THE REMAINING RWY. THE TOTAL LENGTH WAS 6000 FT. THE PLANE CAME TO REST IN THE SOD AT THE END. NO AIRPLANE DAMAGE WAS INCURRED. I TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP; INSPECTED FOR DAMAGED; TALKED TO THE MAINT SUPVR AND DEPARTED LATER ON. I FEEL THAT I MADE THE PROPER JUDGEMENT IN THE ARENA OF MY TRAINING. HOWEVER; THERE IS NO REF IN THE PLT'S HANDBOOK ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE FOR A NOSE COMPARTMENT OPENING ON TKOF OR INFLT. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE. ALSO; DURING THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS; THE FAA MAY CONSIDER MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT FOR THERE TO BE A COCKPIT WARNING OF AN UNSAFE CONDITION OF A BAGGAGE DOOR.

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