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B737-300 red gear unsafe light remained illuminated after gear retraction and flight returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 746125 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dfw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 746125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : gear unsafe light other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right red gear light remained illuminated after gear handle placed in 'off' position after takeoff. Burned off enough fuel to return to dfw. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that this is his third occurrence with this problem. It is company policy to not recycle the gear; but return to departure airport. An emergency was not declared.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-300 RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND FLT RETURNED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: R RED GEAR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN 'OFF' POS AFTER TKOF. BURNED OFF ENOUGH FUEL TO RETURN TO DFW. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: REPORTER STATED THAT THIS IS HIS THIRD OCCURRENCE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT IS COMPANY POLICY TO NOT RECYCLE THE GEAR; BUT RETURN TO DEP ARPT. AN EMER WAS NOT DECLARED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.