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The left main gear fails to fully extend on a B727 during a check C flight test. Emergency declared with approach controller and emergency landing performed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 383878 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other landing other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 383878 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| ASRS Report | 383976 |
| 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 none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While on first functional test flight following heavy C maintenance overhaul, the landing gear was selected to the down position. The left main gear indicated not down and locked. The red unsafe light on, the green down and locked light was not illuminated, and the red gear door light was on. Performed abnormal and emergency procedures, declared an emergency. Notified maintenance operations control that visual inspection showed gear not fully extended. Landed without further incident. Stopped aircraft on runway, and turned aircraft over to maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE L MAIN GEAR FAILS TO FULLY EXTEND ON A B727 DURING A CHK C FLT TEST. EMER DECLARED WITH APCH CTLR AND EMER LNDG PERFORMED.
Narrative: WHILE ON FIRST FUNCTIONAL TEST FLT FOLLOWING HVY C MAINT OVERHAUL, THE LNDG GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POS. THE L MAIN GEAR INDICATED NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE RED UNSAFE LIGHT ON, THE GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED, AND THE RED GEAR DOOR LIGHT WAS ON. PERFORMED ABNORMAL AND EMER PROCS, DECLARED AN EMER. NOTIFIED MAINT OPS CTL THAT VISUAL INSPECTION SHOWED GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. STOPPED ACFT ON RWY, AND TURNED ACFT OVER TO MAINT.
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.