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Small aircraft pilot fails to get a gear down and locked light. Tower fly-by initiated, emergency declared, emergency ground equipment used.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 355971 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199612 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sat |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sat |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other other other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1280 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 355971 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Failed to get a 'green light' down and locked indication. After manually extending the gear per poh, I was still unable to get a green light. Tower confirmed gear was down and I had the equipment rolled in case they were not locked in position. Landed successfully, suspect failure of a micro switch on the main gear caused the light not to illuminate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT FAILS TO GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. TWR FLY-BY INITIATED, EMER DECLARED, EMER GND EQUIP USED.
Narrative: FAILED TO GET A 'GREEN LIGHT' DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. AFTER MANUALLY EXTENDING THE GEAR PER POH, I WAS STILL UNABLE TO GET A GREEN LIGHT. TWR CONFIRMED GEAR WAS DOWN AND I HAD THE EQUIP ROLLED IN CASE THEY WERE NOT LOCKED IN POS. LANDED SUCCESSFULLY, SUSPECT FAILURE OF A MICRO SWITCH ON THE MAIN GEAR CAUSED THE LIGHT NOT TO ILLUMINATE.
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.