A lj-60 captain reported the landing gear failed to extend. An emergency was declared and; after sev...

Narrative:

While on a visual approach; the gear failed to extend normally. We did a fly by of the runway to [allow] tower [to] see if gear was down; it was not. We declared an emergency and were vectored to the east of the airport. The pilot not flying began to run the alternate gear extension checklist in the QRH. After selecting the emergency blow down lever; nothing happened. The pilot not flying then proceeded on to the emergency free fall portion of the QRH and again; nothing happened. He then went back to the emergency blow down lever and the gear swung. Prior to landing we asked tower to verify that they saw our landing lights on as a final verification of what we saw as three gears down and locked. We landed with crash fire and rescue on the taxi ways without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LJ-60 Captain reported the landing gear failed to extend. An emergency was declared and; after several attempts; the gear was extended with the emergency blow down lever. A safe landing ensued.

Narrative: While on a visual approach; the gear failed to extend normally. We did a fly by of the runway to [allow] Tower [to] see if gear was down; it was not. We declared an emergency and were vectored to the east of the airport. The pilot not flying began to run the alternate gear extension checklist in the QRH. After selecting the emergency blow down lever; nothing happened. The pilot not flying then proceeded on to the emergency free fall portion of the QRH and again; nothing happened. He then went back to the emergency blow down lever and the gear swung. Prior to landing we asked Tower to verify that they saw our landing lights on as a final verification of what we saw as three gears down and locked. We landed with Crash Fire and Rescue on the taxi ways without further incident.

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.

Attributes
ACN	985005
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Learjet 60
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A lj-60 captain reported the landing gear failed to extend. An emergency was declared and; after several attempts; the gear was extended with the emergency blow down lever. A safe landing ensued.