Air carrier medium large transport gear warning light malfunction.

Attributes
ACN	156778
Time
Date	199009
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	156778
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Had main gear indicator problem on retraction showing one gear not up and locked. Gear was confirmed up and locked by removing hydraulic pressure. Continued to destination following airspeed restriction in manual anyway, as we were unclr whether we had to abide by procedure with gear confirmed up. Maintenance checked and adjusted switch at next station, but we didn't write it up, as we still were unclear of our responsibility with just a switch malfunction (books vs far's) and a write-up would have grounded the aircraft for extensive maintenance checks. Light recurred after takeoff. Then we wrote it up because the problem obviously hadn't been fixed. Still unclear if we overstepped our authority here. More flexibility or at least clarity for problems like this should be allowed for in regulations and not leave us guessing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG GEAR WARNING LIGHT MALFUNCTION.

Narrative: HAD MAIN GEAR INDICATOR PROB ON RETRACTION SHOWING ONE GEAR NOT UP AND LOCKED. GEAR WAS CONFIRMED UP AND LOCKED BY REMOVING HYD PRESSURE. CONTINUED TO DEST FOLLOWING AIRSPD RESTRICTION IN MANUAL ANYWAY, AS WE WERE UNCLR WHETHER WE HAD TO ABIDE BY PROC WITH GEAR CONFIRMED UP. MAINT CHKED AND ADJUSTED SWITCH AT NEXT STATION, BUT WE DIDN'T WRITE IT UP, AS WE STILL WERE UNCLEAR OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY WITH JUST A SWITCH MALFUNCTION (BOOKS VS FAR'S) AND A WRITE-UP WOULD HAVE GNDED THE ACFT FOR EXTENSIVE MAINT CHKS. LIGHT RECURRED AFTER TKOF. THEN WE WROTE IT UP BECAUSE THE PROB OBVIOUSLY HADN'T BEEN FIXED. STILL UNCLEAR IF WE OVERSTEPPED OUR AUTHORITY HERE. MORE FLEXIBILITY OR AT LEAST CLARITY FOR PROBS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE ALLOWED FOR IN REGS AND NOT LEAVE US GUESSING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.