Aircraft damaged main landing gear doors on landing.

Attributes
ACN	276683
Time
Date	199407
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 167 flight time total : 9129 flight time type : 2172
ASRS Report	276683
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	276687
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Publication	Unspecified

Narrative:

After putting the gear handle down on approach to runway 23 in clt we did not get a green down and locked light for the nose gear. Mains were down and locked. As we made our go around the tower confirmed that the mains were down but could not see a nose gear. We were vectored to the west of clt while we ran the abnormal procedure. The procedure called for manual gear extension which we accomplished. The manual gear extension worked and we got 3 green lights. We then landed on runway 18R. We were unable to stow the emergency gear handle before landing. Additionally, there should be a placard on the dc-9 near the gear emergency extension handle or there should be something in the pilots handbook which reads: to stow emergency gear extension handle move slotted bracket to aircraft left and push down. Supplemental information from acn 276687: the emergency gear extension handle was raised to lower the nose gear. However we were unable to restow the emergency gear extension handle so the main gear doors did not close. We landed without incident and minor damage to the gear doors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT DAMAGED MAIN LNDG GEAR DOORS ON LNDG.

Narrative: AFTER PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN ON APCH TO RWY 23 IN CLT WE DID NOT GET A GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR. MAINS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. AS WE MADE OUR GAR THE TWR CONFIRMED THAT THE MAINS WERE DOWN BUT COULD NOT SEE A NOSE GEAR. WE WERE VECTORED TO THE W OF CLT WHILE WE RAN THE ABNORMAL PROC. THE PROC CALLED FOR MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WHICH WE ACCOMPLISHED. THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WORKED AND WE GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS. WE THEN LANDED ON RWY 18R. WE WERE UNABLE TO STOW THE EMER GEAR HANDLE BEFORE LNDG. ADDITIONALLY, THERE SHOULD BE A PLACARD ON THE DC-9 NEAR THE GEAR EMER EXTENSION HANDLE OR THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE PLTS HANDBOOK WHICH READS: TO STOW EMER GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE MOVE SLOTTED BRACKET TO ACFT L AND PUSH DOWN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 276687: THE EMER GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WAS RAISED TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR. HOWEVER WE WERE UNABLE TO RESTOW THE EMER GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE SO THE MAIN GEAR DOORS DID NOT CLOSE. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS.

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.