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Flight crew of a beech 1900 had a light and horn gear warning after putting the gear down for landing. After recycling the gear and having ground observers check the gear position twice during a fly by, they subsequently landed successfully with emergency ground equipment standing by.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 355444 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lar |
| State Reference | WY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1122 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 262 flight time total : 5700 flight time type : 4100 |
| ASRS Report | 355444 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On dec xx 1996 at XA00, flight from den-lar, VMC approach to lar. After descent checklists and in range checklist were complete, crew put gear down and did before landing check. The 3 green gear light illuminated, red gear handle illuminated, and the gear horn sounded. The crew performed a pass over airport to have ground crew check nosegear for down position. Over radio, agent said it looked down. After climbing back to 9000 ft, crew performed another gear extension according to abnormal checklist. After complete had ground airport personnel stand by to make sure gear was down for second time pass over airport, and they said it looked down over radio. We had ground rescue personnel standby for normal landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A BEECH 1900 HAD A LIGHT AND HORN GEAR WARNING AFTER PUTTING THE GEAR DOWN FOR LNDG. AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR AND HAVING GND OBSERVERS CHK THE GEAR POS TWICE DURING A FLY BY, THEY SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED SUCCESSFULLY WITH EMER GND EQUIP STANDING BY.
Narrative: ON DEC XX 1996 AT XA00, FLT FROM DEN-LAR, VMC APCH TO LAR. AFTER DSCNT CHKLISTS AND IN RANGE CHKLIST WERE COMPLETE, CREW PUT GEAR DOWN AND DID BEFORE LNDG CHK. THE 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RED GEAR HANDLE ILLUMINATED, AND THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED. THE CREW PERFORMED A PASS OVER ARPT TO HAVE GND CREW CHK NOSEGEAR FOR DOWN POS. OVER RADIO, AGENT SAID IT LOOKED DOWN. AFTER CLBING BACK TO 9000 FT, CREW PERFORMED ANOTHER GEAR EXTENSION ACCORDING TO ABNORMAL CHKLIST. AFTER COMPLETE HAD GND ARPT PERSONNEL STAND BY TO MAKE SURE GEAR WAS DOWN FOR SECOND TIME PASS OVER ARPT, AND THEY SAID IT LOOKED DOWN OVER RADIO. WE HAD GND RESCUE PERSONNEL STANDBY FOR NORMAL LNDG.
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.