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Flight crew of a B737-300 declared an emergency when the red unsafe nosewheel light was on after putting the gear down on final approach for landing. The crew subsequently put the gear down manually and flew by the tower for their observation and landed without further incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369171 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iah tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 35000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 369171 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On approach to iah runway 8, observed red nose gear unsafe light on upon gear extension. Preformed tower fly-by, declared emergency, rolled equipment, contacted air carrier X maintenance (iah), performed manual gear extension per QRH, got 3 green lights with no red, resumed second approach to iah runway 8, landed without incident. Parked aircraft on high speed taxiway, had air carrier X maintenance come out to runway and pin gear. Taxied to gate and shut down. Made logbook entry, captain's irregularity report and contacted air carrier X operations control officer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B737-300 DECLARED AN EMER WHEN THE RED UNSAFE NOSEWHEEL LIGHT WAS ON AFTER PUTTING THE GEAR DOWN ON FINAL APCH FOR LNDG. THE CREW SUBSEQUENTLY PUT THE GEAR DOWN MANUALLY AND FLEW BY THE TWR FOR THEIR OBSERVATION AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Narrative: ON APCH TO IAH RWY 8, OBSERVED RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON UPON GEAR EXTENSION. PREFORMED TWR FLY-BY, DECLARED EMER, ROLLED EQUIP, CONTACTED ACR X MAINT (IAH), PERFORMED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PER QRH, GOT 3 GREEN LIGHTS WITH NO RED, RESUMED SECOND APCH TO IAH RWY 8, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PARKED ACFT ON HIGH SPD TXWY, HAD ACR X MAINT COME OUT TO RWY AND PIN GEAR. TAXIED TO GATE AND SHUT DOWN. MADE LOGBOOK ENTRY, CAPT'S IRREGULARITY RPT AND CONTACTED ACR X OPS CTL OFFICER.
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.