Incident · 1999-01-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-01-05
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-225A (N804MA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The failure of the ground handling personnel to properly secure the aft cargo door following the loading of the late arriving baggage. A factor in the incident was an intermittent cargo door warning light circuit due to contamination in the proximity switch terminals.
Source: NTSB case LAX99IA072Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
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