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Flight crew of DC9-30 has gear door light activate remain on after takeoff when gear doors confirmed closed by periscope view.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336128 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : hpn airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 336128 |
| 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 other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Gear door open light remained on after takeoff, followed abnormal procedure with no help. Called dispatch and maintenance control. Recycled gear per maintenance control, no help. Light remained on with gear up or down. With gear extended, captain confirmed gear doors closed via mid cabin periscope. Normal landing performed. Postscript: logbook history showed previous history of gear door light with doors confirmed closed. Signoff was 'unable to duplicate/cycled gear several times.' conclusion: 1) maintenance could have saved company money and crew would not have had to orbit lga at 3000 ft MSL while confirming gear door position if maintenance had done precautionary switch change. 2) everyone seemed to expect crew to declare emergency. We did not. Crash fire rescue equipment was called out anyway by lga tower. Once we confirmed gear door closed for landing this was abnormal not emergency. Leave something to crew please.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF DC9-30 HAS GEAR DOOR LIGHT ACTIVATE REMAIN ON AFTER TKOF WHEN GEAR DOORS CONFIRMED CLOSED BY PERISCOPE VIEW.
Narrative: GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER TKOF, FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROC WITH NO HELP. CALLED DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL. RECYCLED GEAR PER MAINT CTL, NO HELP. LIGHT REMAINED ON WITH GEAR UP OR DOWN. WITH GEAR EXTENDED, CAPT CONFIRMED GEAR DOORS CLOSED VIA MID CABIN PERISCOPE. NORMAL LNDG PERFORMED. POSTSCRIPT: LOGBOOK HISTORY SHOWED PREVIOUS HISTORY OF GEAR DOOR LIGHT WITH DOORS CONFIRMED CLOSED. SIGNOFF WAS 'UNABLE TO DUPLICATE/CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES.' CONCLUSION: 1) MAINT COULD HAVE SAVED COMPANY MONEY AND CREW WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO ORBIT LGA AT 3000 FT MSL WHILE CONFIRMING GEAR DOOR POS IF MAINT HAD DONE PRECAUTIONARY SWITCH CHANGE. 2) EVERYONE SEEMED TO EXPECT CREW TO DECLARE EMER. WE DID NOT. CFR WAS CALLED OUT ANYWAY BY LGA TWR. ONCE WE CONFIRMED GEAR DOOR CLOSED FOR LNDG THIS WAS ABNORMAL NOT EMER. LEAVE SOMETHING TO CREW PLEASE.
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.