Nose gear indication problem for landing required go around. Eventually indication was correct prior to landing. Reporter so was concerned that the captain was apparently planning to let the first officer land with the unsafe indication and warning horn.

Home

Browse by month

Random

Latest

About

Contact

Attributes
ACN	327001
Time
Date	199601
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax artcc : sbbs
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	327001
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Upon putting landing gear handle down, got red 'nose gear' light only. 10 seconds later got green 'gear' light also. Putting flaps to 30 degrees for landing caused landing gear warning horn. Executed go around. Visual check of nose gear through viewing port showed nose gear down and locked. Complied with abnormal procedure. Red gear light eventually extinguished and only showed 3 down and locked (normal). Declared emergency as a precaution and executed normal approach and landing. Pinned nose gear after clearing runway. Simple mechanic failure (proximity switch) discovered in normal checklist sequence. No contributing factors. Corrective action in accordance with operating manual. First officer was PF and made decision to go around. Captain didn't seem as if he was going to call for a missed approach in spite of red gear unsafe light and gear warning horn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NOSE GEAR INDICATION PROB FOR LNDG REQUIRED GAR. EVENTUALLY INDICATION WAS CORRECT PRIOR TO LNDG. RPTR SO WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CAPT WAS APPARENTLY PLANNING TO LET THE FO LAND WITH THE UNSAFE INDICATION AND WARNING HORN.

Narrative: UPON PUTTING LNDG GEAR HANDLE DOWN, GOT RED 'NOSE GEAR' LIGHT ONLY. 10 SECONDS LATER GOT GREEN 'GEAR' LIGHT ALSO. PUTTING FLAPS TO 30 DEGS FOR LNDG CAUSED LNDG GEAR WARNING HORN. EXECUTED GAR. VISUAL CHK OF NOSE GEAR THROUGH VIEWING PORT SHOWED NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. COMPLIED WITH ABNORMAL PROC. RED GEAR LIGHT EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHED AND ONLY SHOWED 3 DOWN AND LOCKED (NORMAL). DECLARED EMER AS A PRECAUTION AND EXECUTED NORMAL APCH AND LNDG. PINNED NOSE GEAR AFTER CLRING RWY. SIMPLE MECH FAILURE (PROX SWITCH) DISCOVERED IN NORMAL CHKLIST SEQUENCE. NO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. CORRECTIVE ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPERATING MANUAL. FO WAS PF AND MADE DECISION TO GAR. CAPT DIDN'T SEEM AS IF HE WAS GOING TO CALL FOR A MISSED APCH IN SPITE OF RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AND GEAR WARNING HORN.

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.