Air carrier medium large transport landing gear handle prevented from operation by wiring bundle.

Attributes
ACN	180827
Time
Date	199106
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : syr
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : syr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5500
ASRS Report	180827
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Asked for gear down. Handle would not extend. Used gear handle jammed up checklist. Required extending gear with emergency handle. Completed checklist and landed with no further difficulties. Maintenance determined that a wiring bundle had probably become lodged in the gear handle mechanism and prevented the handle from moving to the down position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG LNDG GEAR HANDLE PREVENTED FROM OPERATION BY WIRING BUNDLE.

Narrative: ASKED FOR GEAR DOWN. HANDLE WOULD NOT EXTEND. USED GEAR HANDLE JAMMED UP CHKLIST. REQUIRED EXTENDING GEAR WITH EMER HANDLE. COMPLETED CHKLIST AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. MAINT DETERMINED THAT A WIRING BUNDLE HAD PROBABLY BECOME LODGED IN THE GEAR HANDLE MECHANISM AND PREVENTED THE HANDLE FROM MOVING TO THE DOWN POS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.