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Beech 1900 flight crew reported considerable difficulty with communications when the landing gear warning horn sounded and could not be silenced.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1387017 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Indicating and Warning - Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were on approach. Upon initiating final descent and to intercept the ILS we heard the landing gear warning horn. The horn kept going off although the torque setting was set at 2;500 on both engines. The horn kept going off as we were trying to listen to the instructions from ATC. We could barely hear each other in the cockpit and we could barely hear ATC. We asked ATC for vectors to come up with the solution where we could continue the approach without compromising safety or missing any possible ATC instruction. We were vectored around and we decided to pull [the] gear warning circuit breaker. Pulling the circuit breaker stopped the horn. We contacted [the] station. They relayed information to dispatch and maintenance and we were advised to continue the flight and land.this event was very distracting and it occured in a critical moment and a very busy airspace. Although we were never trained for an event like this; not being able to find any reference to this issue in QRH only prolonged our flight and left us thinking about every possible scenario and a possible solution. There should be a more clear-cut checklist or memory item that outlines this issue and helps resolve it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Beech 1900 flight crew reported considerable difficulty with communications when the landing gear warning horn sounded and could not be silenced.
Narrative: We were on approach. Upon initiating final descent and to intercept the ILS we heard the landing gear warning horn. The horn kept going off although the torque setting was set at 2;500 on both engines. The horn kept going off as we were trying to listen to the instructions from ATC. We could barely hear each other in the cockpit and we could barely hear ATC. We asked ATC for vectors to come up with the solution where we could continue the approach without compromising safety or missing any possible ATC instruction. We were vectored around and we decided to pull [the] Gear Warning circuit breaker. Pulling the circuit breaker stopped the horn. We contacted [the] station. They relayed information to Dispatch and Maintenance and we were advised to continue the flight and land.This event was very distracting and it occured in a critical moment and a very busy airspace. Although we were never trained for an event like this; not being able to find any reference to this issue in QRH only prolonged our flight and left us thinking about every possible scenario and a possible solution. There should be a more clear-cut checklist or memory item that outlines this issue and helps resolve it.
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