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MD80 flight crew prepare cabin attendants and passenger for a possible landing problem due to an unsafe landing gear extend indication. Landing was normal and problem found to be faulty gear position indicator.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 522637 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200107 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sfo.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 8 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 0.25 flight attendant time total : 0.25 flight attendant time type : 80 |
| ASRS Report | 522637 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Notified by the captain that there was a possible problem with the landing gear -- flat tire and/or frozen brakes. Advised to prepare the cabin for emergency landing in sfo. Captain made announcement to passenger, flight attendants performed emergency landing demonstration in aisle. Each flight attendant proceeded to follow emergency checklist. Passenger remained calm throughout. Landed without incident and towed to the gate. Captain advised us in post landing briefing that the indicator was the problem. No injuries occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 FLC PREPARE CABIN ATTENDANTS AND PAX FOR A POSSIBLE LNDG PROB DUE TO AN UNSAFE LNDG GEAR EXTEND INDICATION. LNDG WAS NORMAL AND PROB FOUND TO BE FAULTY GEAR POS INDICATOR.
Narrative: NOTIFIED BY THE CAPT THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE PROB WITH THE LNDG GEAR -- FLAT TIRE AND/OR FROZEN BRAKES. ADVISED TO PREPARE THE CABIN FOR EMER LNDG IN SFO. CAPT MADE ANNOUNCEMENT TO PAX, FLT ATTENDANTS PERFORMED EMER LNDG DEMO IN AISLE. EACH FLT ATTENDANT PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW EMER CHKLIST. PAX REMAINED CALM THROUGHOUT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TOWED TO THE GATE. CAPT ADVISED US IN POST LNDG BRIEFING THAT THE INDICATOR WAS THE PROB. NO INJURIES OCCURRED.
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.