Narrative:

We were preparing cabin for landing when I noticed that the landing gear was being recycled 3 or 4 times. We were given the 'prepare for landing' command and executed a go around. I discussed with the jumpseater that I thought there must be a problem with the landing gear and that I thought we'd be hearing from the cockpit soon. The captain did call us and said that we were experiencing problems with the gear and they were in touch with maintenance to determine plan of action. She then said to prep the cabin. I asked her if she meant for us to prep the cabin for an emergency landing and prepare our passengers she said no that she had just wanted to give us a cabin advisory (whew). She told us they were going to fly by the tower to determine landing gear situation and then asked if there were any questions. I asked specifically where the problem was with the gear and she said it was the left main gear. I briefed my jumpseater that in that situation we would probably not use the left exits at least as primary and before opening any doors make sure to look for smoke fire metal etc. The attendants in the back briefed our 3 dead headers via notes who were sitting at the overwing exits so all exits were covered. After we landed brakes were very discreetly used and seemed to just kind of roll to a stop. Then you could tell there was some problem with steering the airplane. Captain called and told us that now they were experiencing problems with the nose gear and had lost the ability to make turns with the airplane. Mechanics came out to the aircraft and put pins in the gear and tugged us in. We were met by emergency vehicles which weren't needed and also met by supervisor who was very supportive and understanding of the stress and anxiety we had just been through. The captain did ask to meet with all of us and asked about communication via cockpit and crew and we agreed we worked through the event quite well; calmly and professional.

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Title: An A320 Flight Attendant described their cabin preparation procedure for landing with unsafe gear even though the flight crew had not commanded an emergency preparation. Very good communications within the cabin crew.

Narrative: We were preparing cabin for landing when I noticed that the landing gear was being recycled 3 or 4 times. We were given the 'prepare for landing' command and executed a go around. I discussed with the jumpseater that I thought there must be a problem with the landing gear and that I thought we'd be hearing from the cockpit soon. The Captain did call us and said that we were experiencing problems with the gear and they were in touch with Maintenance to determine plan of action. She then said to prep the cabin. I asked her if she meant for us to prep the cabin for an emergency landing and prepare our passengers she said no that she had just wanted to give us A Cabin Advisory (whew). She told us they were going to fly by the Tower to determine landing gear situation and then asked if there were any questions. I asked specifically where the problem was with the gear and she said it was the left main gear. I briefed my jumpseater that in that situation we would probably not use the left exits at least as primary and before opening any doors make sure to look for smoke fire metal etc. The attendants in the back briefed our 3 dead headers via notes who were sitting at the overwing exits so all exits were covered. After we landed brakes were very discreetly used and seemed to just kind of roll to a stop. Then you could tell there was some problem with steering the airplane. Captain called and told us that now they were experiencing problems with the nose gear and had lost the ability to make turns with the airplane. Mechanics came out to the aircraft and put pins in the gear and tugged us in. We were met by emergency vehicles which weren't needed and also met by Supervisor who was very supportive and understanding of the stress and anxiety we had just been through. The Captain did ask to meet with all of us and asked about communication via cockpit and crew and we agreed we worked through the event quite well; calmly and professional.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.