Narrative:

I was flying an small transport aircraft on the VOR a into brackett. 2 attempts to lower landing gear resulted in no green lights, illuminated red 'gear unsafe' light, and gear handle not cycled back to neutral position. I received permission for a low fly-by of the tower (which had made its closing announcement prior to my request for fly-by) and tried the gear handle a third time. This time, 2 main gear greens lit up, red light was still on and gear handle had not recycled. Tower reported seeing mains down but nose gear only 2/3 down. Report was confirmed by a taxiing aircraft. A fourth attempt at gear handle was also fruitless, so I lowered gear manually. In accordance with company emergency procedures. Another low fly-by showed gear to be in place. I then landed plane, taxied to parking, inspected gear (found no noticeable leaks or damage) off loaded cargo and departed brackett for burbank. I left gear in down and locked position. Landing at bur was uneventful. Company procedures were to call dispatch when I encountered problems in the brackett traffic pattern. This I did not do. Further, company instructs us to phone dispatch after landing in the event of an incident of this type, which I did not do. When calling in to bur en route to bur, I gave my ETA but made no reference to a gear problem. Diagnosis of problem once plane had been inspected by maintenance personnel: cable had sawed through hydraulic gear line and all hydraulic fluid had been lost except enough for the one manual gear extension. I did consider notifying dispatch on the ground at brackett, but since manual gear operating procedures were followed and successful, gear were seemingly undamaged, plane was relatively light and landing at brackett was made without event, I elected not to contact dispatch.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN SMT ACFT USED IN SCHEDULED CARGO SVC, OPERATED ACFT IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING AN SMT ACFT ON THE VOR A INTO BRACKETT. 2 ATTEMPTS TO LOWER LNDG GEAR RESULTED IN NO GREEN LIGHTS, ILLUMINATED RED 'GEAR UNSAFE' LIGHT, AND GEAR HANDLE NOT CYCLED BACK TO NEUTRAL POS. I RECEIVED PERMISSION FOR A LOW FLY-BY OF THE TWR (WHICH HAD MADE ITS CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT PRIOR TO MY REQUEST FOR FLY-BY) AND TRIED THE GEAR HANDLE A THIRD TIME. THIS TIME, 2 MAIN GEAR GREENS LIT UP, RED LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND GEAR HANDLE HAD NOT RECYCLED. TWR RPTED SEEING MAINS DOWN BUT NOSE GEAR ONLY 2/3 DOWN. RPT WAS CONFIRMED BY A TAXIING ACFT. A FOURTH ATTEMPT AT GEAR HANDLE WAS ALSO FRUITLESS, SO I LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY. IAW COMPANY EMER PROCS. ANOTHER LOW FLY-BY SHOWED GEAR TO BE IN PLACE. I THEN LANDED PLANE, TAXIED TO PARKING, INSPECTED GEAR (FOUND NO NOTICEABLE LEAKS OR DAMAGE) OFF LOADED CARGO AND DEPARTED BRACKETT FOR BURBANK. I LEFT GEAR IN DOWN AND LOCKED POS. LNDG AT BUR WAS UNEVENTFUL. COMPANY PROCS WERE TO CALL DISPATCH WHEN I ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS IN THE BRACKETT TFC PATTERN. THIS I DID NOT DO. FURTHER, COMPANY INSTRUCTS US TO PHONE DISPATCH AFTER LNDG IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT OF THIS TYPE, WHICH I DID NOT DO. WHEN CALLING IN TO BUR ENRTE TO BUR, I GAVE MY ETA BUT MADE NO REF TO A GEAR PROBLEM. DIAGNOSIS OF PROBLEM ONCE PLANE HAD BEEN INSPECTED BY MAINT PERSONNEL: CABLE HAD SAWED THROUGH HYD GEAR LINE AND ALL HYD FLUID HAD BEEN LOST EXCEPT ENOUGH FOR THE ONE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. I DID CONSIDER NOTIFYING DISPATCH ON THE GND AT BRACKETT, BUT SINCE MANUAL GEAR OPERATING PROCS WERE FOLLOWED AND SUCCESSFUL, GEAR WERE SEEMINGLY UNDAMAGED, PLANE WAS RELATIVELY LIGHT AND LNDG AT BRACKETT WAS MADE WITHOUT EVENT, I ELECTED NOT TO CONTACT DISPATCH.

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.