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Air carrier flight crew experiences gear indication malfunction, followed published procedures to resolve problem and land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 464178 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : jfk.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 464178 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unknown system other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Final approach to jfk, in transit light failed to extinguish/no landing gear down indication. Declared missed approach. Followed aom volume 1 checklist. Declared emergency. Landing gear indicated down/in-transit light off. Verified main gear down from cockpit. Flight attendant verified main gear down from cabin. Performed low approach, tower visually verified gear down. Performed emergency checklists. Landed uneventfully. Nosewheel steering inoperative. Notified operations and maintenance. They installed gear pins. Aircraft towed to parking. No accident, incident, injuries. Notified maintenance and maintenance found that landing gear handle box assembly malfunctioned and needed to be replaced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FLC EXPERIENCES GEAR INDICATION MALFUNCTION, FOLLOWED PUBLISHED PROCS TO RESOLVE PROB AND LAND.
Narrative: FINAL APCH TO JFK, IN TRANSIT LIGHT FAILED TO EXTINGUISH/NO LNDG GEAR DOWN INDICATION. DECLARED MISSED APCH. FOLLOWED AOM VOLUME 1 CHKLIST. DECLARED EMER. LNDG GEAR INDICATED DOWN/IN-TRANSIT LIGHT OFF. VERIFIED MAIN GEAR DOWN FROM COCKPIT. FLT ATTENDANT VERIFIED MAIN GEAR DOWN FROM CABIN. PERFORMED LOW APCH, TWR VISUALLY VERIFIED GEAR DOWN. PERFORMED EMER CHKLISTS. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. NOSEWHEEL STEERING INOP. NOTIFIED OPS AND MAINT. THEY INSTALLED GEAR PINS. ACFT TOWED TO PARKING. NO ACCIDENT, INCIDENT, INJURIES. NOTIFIED MAINT AND MAINT FOUND THAT LNDG GEAR HANDLE BOX ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
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.