A B727-200 at FL200 diverted due to a continuous landing gear door warning light.

Attributes
ACN	389490
Time
Date	199712
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mkc
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 290
ASRS Report	389490
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During normal climb out from stl gear door light illuminated after gear handle to off. Handle repositioned to up, gear door light out. Cycled landing gear, same indications. Contacted mci maintenance. Instructed to land at mci for repairs. After repairs complete, during climb out, same duplicated indications. Returned to mci. Aircraft turned over to maintenance. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a B727-200 and does not have any information on the corrective action taken by maintenance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 AT FL200 DIVERTED DUE TO A CONTINUOUS LNDG GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT.

Narrative: DURING NORMAL CLBOUT FROM STL GEAR DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR HANDLE TO OFF. HANDLE REPOSITIONED TO UP, GEAR DOOR LIGHT OUT. CYCLED LNDG GEAR, SAME INDICATIONS. CONTACTED MCI MAINT. INSTRUCTED TO LAND AT MCI FOR REPAIRS. AFTER REPAIRS COMPLETE, DURING CLBOUT, SAME DUPLICATED INDICATIONS. RETURNED TO MCI. ACFT TURNED OVER TO MAINT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B727-200 AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFO ON THE CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN BY 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.