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Flight crew of L1011-1 has no nose gear down lights when gear extended. Gear is cycled, fly-by for visual check is made and so checks visually. Orange pins are lined up for down and locked. Crash fire rescue equipment is called to stand by and safe landing made.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 386938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2400 msl bound upper : 2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mco artcc : zla |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | L-1011 Tri-Star All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 386938 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
No nose gear down and locked lights. Tested lights and cycled gear, still no lights and nose lights would not test. Executed low pass for visual check by tower and company aircraft waiting at runway 17. Appeared down and locked. Performed missed approach, made a PA to passenger, so went down to lower 41 and gear visual checked good, orange pins lined up for down and locked. Had fire trucks stand by as a precaution and maintenance pinned the gear after landing. Taxied to gate and maintenance inspected gear, discovered both bulbs had burned out.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF L1011-1 HAS NO NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WHEN GEAR EXTENDED. GEAR IS CYCLED, FLY-BY FOR VISUAL CHK IS MADE AND SO CHKS VISUALLY. ORANGE PINS ARE LINED UP FOR DOWN AND LOCKED. CFR IS CALLED TO STAND BY AND SAFE LNDG MADE.
Narrative: NO NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS. TESTED LIGHTS AND CYCLED GEAR, STILL NO LIGHTS AND NOSE LIGHTS WOULD NOT TEST. EXECUTED LOW PASS FOR VISUAL CHK BY TWR AND COMPANY ACFT WAITING AT RWY 17. APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. PERFORMED MISSED APCH, MADE A PA TO PAX, SO WENT DOWN TO LOWER 41 AND GEAR VISUAL CHKED GOOD, ORANGE PINS LINED UP FOR DOWN AND LOCKED. HAD FIRE TRUCKS STAND BY AS A PRECAUTION AND MAINT PINNED THE GEAR AFTER LNDG. TAXIED TO GATE AND MAINT INSPECTED GEAR, DISCOVERED BOTH BULBS HAD BURNED OUT.
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.