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Flight crew of a beech 1900 airliner, BE02, diverted to land due the left main landing gear not indicating down. Crew requested emergency ground equipment back up. Burned out light bulb in gear indicator.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 410780 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : eyu airport : eyw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 4350 flight time type : 2300 |
| ASRS Report | 410780 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 410915 |
| 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 other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On approach into key west, lowered gear and observed no green light on left main. Tested lights and horn, found no other indication that gear was not down and locked. Saw gear visually out of window. Called dispatch and informed him of situation. Decision made to divert to mia for longer runway and better crash fire rescue equipment equipment. Emergency declared, cabin prepared for emergency landing. Landing accomplished on runway 9R mia without incident. Upon exiting runway based on knowledge of mechanical downlock of BE1900 gear system, taxied to gate at minimum speed with minimal braking and no sharp turns. Supplemental information from acn 410915: passenger xferred to another aircraft. Remained in mia till returned to service by mechanic -- replacement of bulb.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A BEECH 1900 AIRLINER, BE02, DIVERTED TO LAND DUE THE L MAIN LNDG GEAR NOT INDICATING DOWN. CREW REQUESTED EMER GND EQUIP BACK UP. BURNED OUT LIGHT BULB IN GEAR INDICATOR.
Narrative: ON APCH INTO KEY WEST, LOWERED GEAR AND OBSERVED NO GREEN LIGHT ON L MAIN. TESTED LIGHTS AND HORN, FOUND NO OTHER INDICATION THAT GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. SAW GEAR VISUALLY OUT OF WINDOW. CALLED DISPATCH AND INFORMED HIM OF SIT. DECISION MADE TO DIVERT TO MIA FOR LONGER RWY AND BETTER CFR EQUIPMENT. EMER DECLARED, CABIN PREPARED FOR EMER LNDG. LNDG ACCOMPLISHED ON RWY 9R MIA WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON EXITING RWY BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF MECHANICAL DOWNLOCK OF BE1900 GEAR SYS, TAXIED TO GATE AT MINIMUM SPD WITH MINIMAL BRAKING AND NO SHARP TURNS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 410915: PAX XFERRED TO ANOTHER ACFT. REMAINED IN MIA TILL RETURNED TO SVC BY MECH -- REPLACEMENT OF BULB.
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.