B757 flight crew reported receiving an EICAS gear disagree message and discrete gear light. After bu...

Narrative:

Normal takeoff. Good VFR weather. Upon gear retraction; received EICAS gear disagree and discrete gear light. Turned on autopilot. Gave control of aircraft to first officer. First officer retrieved QRH procedure. QRH procedure dictates extension of gear. We notified ATC and leveled at 10;000 feet and 220 knots. Called [dispatch] on satcom. We agreed on the QRH procedure to be followed for gear disagree and followed it. After procedure followed; also received gear doors EICAS and doors discrete light. Also; with gear lever down; and even after alternate extension attempted; nose green light failed to illuminate. Lamp tested okay. [Dispatch] agreed we needed to return to most suitable airport. ZZZZ was selected due to longest runway in vicinity and excellent weather including favorable winds. ATC was notified we needed to burn fuel for more than 2 hours to reach our maximum landing weight. Lead flight attendant (flight attendant) was notified first and asked to come to flight deck. PA was made to customer's truthfully describing situation. Center provided us vectors as we burned fuel. We reviewed and briefed all relevant afm; QRH and fom sections. Flight attendants planned to prepare cabin for emergency landing. We also briefed all flight attendant's and suggested they use the time before landing; to review their manual SOP's also. [Dispatch and maintenance] on the line had all agreed that we should do a low approach so they could view our gear. When we neared maximum landing weight; we told flight attendant's to prepare the cabin for landing; made additional PA; contacted [dispatch] via satcom once more as requested; and initiated vectors for the low approach. We followed the localizer and glideslope to 600 feet; then leveled off and flew our low approach. Tower advised all gear appeared down. We went around and flew normal pattern for ILS; following QRH procedures; and landed normally. With unsafe gear indication remaining; we were towed off of the runway and to the gate. Both first officers did a fantastic job; with incredible CRM skills. I can happily say the same about all [our] flight attendants.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew reported receiving an EICAS GEAR DISAGREE message and discrete GEAR light. After burning off fuel and flying a low approach; the flight landed safely and was towed off the runway.

Narrative: Normal takeoff. Good VFR weather. Upon gear retraction; received EICAS GEAR DISAGREE and discrete GEAR light. Turned on autopilot. Gave control of aircraft to First Officer. First Officer retrieved QRH procedure. QRH procedure dictates extension of gear. We notified ATC and leveled at 10;000 feet and 220 knots. Called [dispatch] on SATCOM. We agreed on the QRH procedure to be followed for GEAR DISAGREE and followed it. After procedure followed; also received GEAR DOORS EICAS and DOORS discrete light. Also; with GEAR lever down; and even after alternate extension attempted; NOSE green light failed to illuminate. Lamp tested okay. [Dispatch] agreed we needed to return to most suitable airport. ZZZZ was selected due to longest runway in vicinity and excellent weather including favorable winds. ATC was notified we needed to burn fuel for more than 2 hours to reach our maximum landing weight. Lead Flight Attendant (FA) was notified first and asked to come to flight deck. PA was made to customer's truthfully describing situation. Center provided us vectors as we burned fuel. We reviewed and briefed all relevant AFM; QRH and FOM sections. Flight attendants planned to prepare cabin for emergency landing. We also briefed all FA's and suggested they use the time before landing; to review their manual SOP's also. [Dispatch and Maintenance] on the line had all agreed that we should do a low approach so they could view our gear. When we neared maximum landing weight; we told FA's to prepare the cabin for landing; made additional PA; contacted [dispatch] via SATCOM once more as requested; and initiated vectors for the low approach. We followed the localizer and glideslope to 600 feet; then leveled off and flew our low approach. Tower advised all gear appeared down. We went around and flew normal pattern for ILS; following QRH procedures; and landed normally. With unsafe gear indication remaining; we were towed off of the runway and to the gate. Both First Officers did a fantastic job; with incredible CRM skills. I can happily say the same about all [our] Flight attendants.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1397028
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Indicating and Warning - Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 7000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Relief Pilot First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 76
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

B757 flight crew reported receiving an EICAS gear disagree message and discrete gear light. After burning off fuel and flying a low approach; the flight landed safely and was towed off the runway.