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After being lit up by a green laser and reporting it to ATC the flight crew of a Q-400 was unable to lower the nose gear. They performed a go around; extended the nose gear using the alternate gear extension procedure and landed without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1003175 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201204 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Q400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
On a heading for visual to the runway we were lit up with a green laser in the cockpit. I notified ATC and they notified their superiors.later; after the first officer called for gear down the nose gear did not extend; but the doors opened and the main gear extended. We performed a go around and notified ATC. I did not declare an emergency. ATC gave us vectors while we climbed back up to 3;000 MSL and ran the checklist. We performed the alternate gear extension procedure successfully and returned to land. I made a quick announcement to the passengers and flight attendants explaining the reason for the go-around. We were re-cleared and landed normally on runway 32. I then notified dispatch and ramp that we needed maintenance and I wrote it up in the logbook. I also called maintenance control and explained what happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After being lit up by a green laser and reporting it to ATC the flight crew of a Q-400 was unable to lower the nose gear. They performed a go around; extended the nose gear using the alternate gear extension procedure and landed without incident.
Narrative: On a heading for visual to the runway we were lit up with a green laser in the cockpit. I notified ATC and they notified their superiors.Later; after the First Officer called for gear down the nose gear did not extend; but the doors opened and the main gear extended. We performed a go around and notified ATC. I did not declare an emergency. ATC gave us vectors while we climbed back up to 3;000 MSL and ran the checklist. We performed the alternate gear extension procedure successfully and returned to land. I made a quick announcement to the passengers and flight attendants explaining the reason for the go-around. We were re-cleared and landed normally on Runway 32. I then notified dispatch and ramp that we needed maintenance and I wrote it up in the logbook. I also called Maintenance Control and explained what happened.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.