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Flight crew has gear door warning light. Able to overcome. Requested by maintenance not to write it up. They don't.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 200760 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other ground : parked landing 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 : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 200760 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
En route to dtw a gear door warning light came on. We cycled gear 2 times and gear door warning light went out. After landing we told maintenance of occurrence. They did not want it written up in logbook, since they felt they could not duplicate problem and they would have to swing the gear to clear the writeup. They said it was only moisture in a micro switch. The next crew to take the airplane encountered the same problem, but were unable to extinguish the light and had to return for landing. There was a broken micro switch.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC HAS GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT. ABLE TO OVERCOME. REQUESTED BY MAINT NOT TO WRITE IT UP. THEY DON'T.
Narrative: ENRTE TO DTW A GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WE CYCLED GEAR 2 TIMES AND GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT. AFTER LNDG WE TOLD MAINT OF OCCURRENCE. THEY DID NOT WANT IT WRITTEN UP IN LOGBOOK, SINCE THEY FELT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO SWING THE GEAR TO CLR THE WRITEUP. THEY SAID IT WAS ONLY MOISTURE IN A MICRO SWITCH. THE NEXT CREW TO TAKE THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT WERE UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT AND HAD TO RETURN FOR LNDG. THERE WAS A BROKEN MICRO SWITCH.
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.