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Flight crew of an MD80 made a missed approach in order to verify that the right main landing gear was down and locked.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 260634 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199401 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sea |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 260634 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Executed missed approach due to failure of right main landing gear down (green light) to illuminate. Visually verified gear down with control tower and copilot visually verified over-center lock locked using periscope. The design of the gear lights makes relamping difficult at best, necessitating visual inspection in MD80.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MD80 MADE A MISSED APCH IN ORDER TO VERIFY THAT THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.
Narrative: EXECUTED MISSED APCH DUE TO FAILURE OF R MAIN LNDG GEAR DOWN (GREEN LIGHT) TO ILLUMINATE. VISUALLY VERIFIED GEAR DOWN WITH CTL TWR AND COPLT VISUALLY VERIFIED OVER-CTR LOCK LOCKED USING PERISCOPE. THE DESIGN OF THE GEAR LIGHTS MAKES RELAMPING DIFFICULT AT BEST, NECESSITATING VISUAL INSPECTION IN MD80.
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.