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Flight crew EMB120 experiences gear problem. They decide to return land and request fire trucks but unwilling to declare an emergency. ATC declares emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 393226 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 393226 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Air return for gear problem. Advised ATC we need fire trucks, but did not want to declare emergency at that time. ATC declared an emergency for us and said this was needed for fire trucks to be available.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC EMB120 EXPERIENCES GEAR PROB. THEY DECIDE TO RETURN LAND AND REQUEST FIRE TRUCKS BUT UNWILLING TO DECLARE AN EMER. ATC DECLARES EMER.
Narrative: AIR RETURN FOR GEAR PROB. ADVISED ATC WE NEED FIRE TRUCKS, BUT DID NOT WANT TO DECLARE EMER AT THAT TIME. ATC DECLARED AN EMER FOR US AND SAID THIS WAS NEEDED FOR FIRE TRUCKS TO BE AVAILABLE.
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.