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Light transport air carrier flight crew experience a non resolved gear indication and can't get any ideas from maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 223896 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199210 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lex |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lex tracon : iad |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 223896 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
When gear retracted, landing gear lights went out but position disagreement light in handle stayed on. All other indications were that gear was up. After recycling as per procedure, light was still on and we immediately contacted maintenance by radio (cvg is close enough to do this directly) for any ideas. They were unable to provide any solution. Due to the fact we were already so close to cvg, and were close enough for approach and landing check, we extended the gear normally and proceeded to cvg. No problems further. I think that acrs should try to promote additional and better methods of aircraft/maintenance communications. Even though our contact didn't help, we only reached maintenance because we were close to base. Reaching them from further away could involve more complex (and time-consuming) procedures that could cause problems in time-critical situations where maintenance help could be useful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT ACR FLC EXPERIENCE A NON RESOLVED GEAR INDICATION AND CAN'T GET ANY IDEAS FROM MAINT.
Narrative: WHEN GEAR RETRACTED, LNDG GEAR LIGHTS WENT OUT BUT POS DISAGREEMENT LIGHT IN HANDLE STAYED ON. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS WERE THAT GEAR WAS UP. AFTER RECYCLING AS PER PROC, LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MAINT BY RADIO (CVG IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO DO THIS DIRECTLY) FOR ANY IDEAS. THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY SOLUTION. DUE TO THE FACT WE WERE ALREADY SO CLOSE TO CVG, AND WERE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR APCH AND LNDG CHK, WE EXTENDED THE GEAR NORMALLY AND PROCEEDED TO CVG. NO PROBLEMS FURTHER. I THINK THAT ACRS SHOULD TRY TO PROMOTE ADDITIONAL AND BETTER METHODS OF ACFT/MAINT COMS. EVEN THOUGH OUR CONTACT DIDN'T HELP, WE ONLY REACHED MAINT BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSE TO BASE. REACHING THEM FROM FURTHER AWAY COULD INVOLVE MORE COMPLEX (AND TIME-CONSUMING) PROCS THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IN TIME-CRITICAL SITUATIONS WHERE MAINT HELP COULD BE USEFUL.
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.