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A B727-200 on takeoff at 600 ft diverted due to chronic nose landing gear door warning light problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 423564 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rsw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 600 agl bound upper : 600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Flight Phase | other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 423564 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
On takeoff, gear came up ok but nose gear door lights stayed on. Followed cockpit operating manual procedures. Cycled gear, same results. Contacted company dispatch and maintenance control. Redispatched to orlando for maintenance divert. En route, coordinated fuel dump with ATC. Performed fuel dump to obtain legal landing weight. Performed normal descent and landing at mco. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a B727-200 and the nose landing gear door warning was a recurring problem that was familiar to the reporter. The reporter said the aircraft was picked up earlier in the day after an overnight layover to correct the nose landing gear door warning light problem. The reporter said this aircraft has a long maintenance history of work accomplished including the doors rigged, sensors changed and adjusted. The reporter stated the positive fix after the diversion is unknown as maintenance did not advise the reporter.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 ON TKOF AT 600 FT DIVERTED DUE TO CHRONIC NOSE LNDG GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT PROB.
Narrative: ON TKOF, GEAR CAME UP OK BUT NOSE GEAR DOOR LIGHTS STAYED ON. FOLLOWED COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL PROCS. CYCLED GEAR, SAME RESULTS. CONTACTED COMPANY DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL. REDISPATCHED TO ORLANDO FOR MAINT DIVERT. ENRTE, COORDINATED FUEL DUMP WITH ATC. PERFORMED FUEL DUMP TO OBTAIN LEGAL LNDG WT. PERFORMED NORMAL DSCNT AND LNDG AT MCO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B727-200 AND THE NOSE LNDG GEAR DOOR WARNING WAS A RECURRING PROB THAT WAS FAMILIAR TO THE RPTR. THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT WAS PICKED UP EARLIER IN THE DAY AFTER AN OVERNIGHT LAYOVER TO CORRECT THE NOSE LNDG GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT PROB. THE RPTR SAID THIS ACFT HAS A LONG MAINT HISTORY OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED INCLUDING THE DOORS RIGGED, SENSORS CHANGED AND ADJUSTED. THE RPTR STATED THE POSITIVE FIX AFTER THE DIVERSION IS UNKNOWN AS MAINT DID NOT ADVISE THE RPTR.
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.