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B737 returns, lands, when the landing gear unsafe light is illuminated for the left gear after takeoff from ord, il.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 611552 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200403 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Weather Elements | Ice Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : c90.tracon tower : ord.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 71 flight time total : 13551 flight time type : 7260 |
| ASRS Report | 611552 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Departed runway 9L ord. Upon gear retraction, left gear (red) unsafe light remained illuminated. Return to field, gear extended and gear indication went to 3-GREEN (normal) after running non-normal. Landed runway 4R without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 RETURNS, LANDS, WHEN THE LNDG GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED FOR THE L GEAR AFTER TKOF FROM ORD, IL.
Narrative: DEPARTED RWY 9L ORD. UPON GEAR RETRACTION, L GEAR (RED) UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RETURN TO FIELD, GEAR EXTENDED AND GEAR INDICATION WENT TO 3-GREEN (NORMAL) AFTER RUNNING NON-NORMAL. LANDED RWY 4R WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
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.