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Flight crew of a B737-300 made a missed approach and diverted to land after the landing gear down lights did not light with the gear down.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335755 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca airport : bwi |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 166 flight time total : 12750 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 335755 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
During approach to dca, landing gear was extended for landing. Landing gear position lights were inoperative so no positive down and locked indication was observed. A missed approach was made, a manual gear extension and visual confirmation of the gear being down and locked was performed. Flight was diverted to bwi which had better WX and a longer runway. Landing was uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B737-300 MADE A MISSED APCH AND DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER THE LNDG GEAR DOWN LIGHTS DID NOT LIGHT WITH THE GEAR DOWN.
Narrative: DURING APCH TO DCA, LNDG GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LNDG. LNDG GEAR POS LIGHTS WERE INOP SO NO POSITIVE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WAS OBSERVED. A MISSED APCH WAS MADE, A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE GEAR BEING DOWN AND LOCKED WAS PERFORMED. FLT WAS DIVERTED TO BWI WHICH HAD BETTER WX AND A LONGER RWY. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL.
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.