MD80 crew had a left main gear that did not show down and locked at aus.

Attributes
ACN	584216
Time
Date	200306
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : aus.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1700 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : aus.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude descent : holding descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : aus.tower
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground : taxi
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	584216
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Landing gear problem. Left gear showed unsafe when lowered. Advised tower and climbed back to 3000 ft and flew east of airport to run checklists. Tower and aircraft at runway advised it looked down. Ran all checklist and emergency gear extension. No change, declared emergency and had crash fire rescue equipment rolled. Had flight attendants run evacuate/evacuation checklists. Landed and advised #2 tire had thrown tread and taken wire to sensor out and also taken the down and locked strip off. When first officer went to look for the gear down he was unable to verify the gear strips locked. First officer and flight attendants did a great job.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HAD A L MAIN GEAR THAT DID NOT SHOW DOWN AND LOCKED AT AUS.

Narrative: LNDG GEAR PROB. L GEAR SHOWED UNSAFE WHEN LOWERED. ADVISED TWR AND CLBED BACK TO 3000 FT AND FLEW E OF ARPT TO RUN CHKLISTS. TWR AND ACFT AT RWY ADVISED IT LOOKED DOWN. RAN ALL CHKLIST AND EMER GEAR EXTENSION. NO CHANGE, DECLARED EMER AND HAD CFR ROLLED. HAD FLT ATTENDANTS RUN EVAC CHKLISTS. LANDED AND ADVISED #2 TIRE HAD THROWN TREAD AND TAKEN WIRE TO SENSOR OUT AND ALSO TAKEN THE DOWN AND LOCKED STRIP OFF. WHEN FO WENT TO LOOK FOR THE GEAR DOWN HE WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY THE GEAR STRIPS LOCKED. FO AND FLT ATTENDANTS DID A GREAT JOB.

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.