Air carrier medium large transport got a false gear warning on approach to runway 36 at mci. Flight crew following checklist procedure and landed uneventfully.

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Attributes
ACN	171430
Time
Date	199102
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mci
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mci
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	171430
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Lowered landing gear. Got an unsafe right main light. Went through all procedures, including emergency extension, tower fly-by. Prepared crew and passenger for possible crash landing and evacuate/evacuation on runway. Visually inspected gear down and locked. I elected to inhibit GPWS, pull landing gear horn circuit breaker and did not arm automatic spoilers. Had an uneventful landing and rollout on runway 36 at mci. I did not deploy spoilers in case gear collapsed so I could 'fly' the wing down to runway. A happy ending. My crew did an outstanding job as did approach, tower and the emergency crew at mci.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG GOT A FALSE GEAR WARNING ON APCH TO RWY 36 AT MCI. FLT CREW FOLLOWING CHECKLIST PROC AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

Narrative: LOWERED LNDG GEAR. GOT AN UNSAFE RIGHT MAIN LIGHT. WENT THROUGH ALL PROCS, INCLUDING EMER EXTENSION, TWR FLY-BY. PREPARED CREW AND PAX FOR POSSIBLE CRASH LNDG AND EVAC ON RWY. VISUALLY INSPECTED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. I ELECTED TO INHIBIT GPWS, PULL LNDG GEAR HORN CB AND DID NOT ARM AUTO SPOILERS. HAD AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AND ROLLOUT ON RWY 36 AT MCI. I DID NOT DEPLOY SPOILERS IN CASE GEAR COLLAPSED SO I COULD 'FLY' THE WING DOWN TO RWY. A HAPPY ENDING. MY CREW DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS DID APCH, TWR AND THE EMER CREW AT MCI.

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.