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B737-200 left main gear would not retract. Uneventful precautionary landing performed at destination airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 747668 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 747668 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : landing gear indication other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Not sure what caused the malfunction of left gear. After landing gear retraction left gear (red) light remained illuminated slightly longer than other 2 red lights. When the gear handle was put in the off position; the left gear (green) light illuminated. The aircraft was slow in accelerating and air noise and aircraft vibration led us to suspect that the left gear was still extended. We continued to destination at 250 KTS and advised ATC we would be making a precautionary landing. Prior to selecting the gear handle down; tower was able to confirm that our left gear alone was extended. At that point we had normal landing gear indications and our landing was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-200 LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LNDG PERFORMED AT DEST ARPT.
Narrative: NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION OF L GEAR. AFTER LNDG GEAR RETRACTION L GEAR (RED) LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED SLIGHTLY LONGER THAN OTHER 2 RED LIGHTS. WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PUT IN THE OFF POS; THE L GEAR (GREEN) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ACFT WAS SLOW IN ACCELERATING AND AIR NOISE AND ACFT VIBRATION LED US TO SUSPECT THAT THE L GEAR WAS STILL EXTENDED. WE CONTINUED TO DEST AT 250 KTS AND ADVISED ATC WE WOULD BE MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG. PRIOR TO SELECTING THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN; TWR WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT OUR L GEAR ALONE WAS EXTENDED. AT THAT POINT WE HAD NORMAL LNDG GEAR INDICATIONS AND OUR LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.