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A dhc-8 landed normally despite a nose gear unsafe indication.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 864699 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 226 Flight Crew Total 2700 Flight Crew Type 2100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Everything was normal till I put the landing gear down. When I put the gear down I got two main gear green lights and a red unsafe light on the nose gear. We then executed a go around and went back to approach. When we pushed back we had some hard jolts and had the gear warning horn go off for a second. That was the only irregularity up to the incident. We then went to the emergency checklist and concluded that we should try an alternate gear extension. We notified the flight attendant and had approach vector us for the approach. When we were on the approach we tried to do the alternate gear extension. We tried and the nose gear light did not turn green; it stayed red. We then executed another go around and contacted maintenance through operations. We had trouble communicating with them but were able to get around the problem by calling dispatch using our cell phones. We did a low approach over the field to ask if ground personnel could see our nose gear down. They said that they could so we decided to try to land. We had the flight attendant get the passengers into the brace position and we tried the landing. The captain did a soft landing and tried to be very soft on the nose gear. It was successful and we taxied to the gate. More care is needed by pushback crews to be softer and less harsh on the gear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DHC-8 landed normally despite a nose gear unsafe indication.
Narrative: Everything was normal till I put the landing gear down. When I put the gear down I got two main gear green lights and a red unsafe light on the nose gear. We then executed a go around and went back to approach. When we pushed back we had some hard jolts and had the gear warning horn go off for a second. That was the only irregularity up to the incident. We then went to the emergency checklist and concluded that we should try an alternate gear extension. We notified the Flight Attendant and had approach vector us for the approach. When we were on the approach we tried to do the alternate gear extension. We tried and the nose gear light did not turn green; it stayed red. We then executed another go around and contacted Maintenance through Operations. We had trouble communicating with them but were able to get around the problem by calling Dispatch using our cell phones. We did a low approach over the field to ask if ground personnel could see our nose gear down. They said that they could so we decided to try to land. We had the Flight Attendant get the passengers into the brace position and we tried the landing. The Captain did a soft landing and tried to be very soft on the nose gear. It was successful and we taxied to the gate. More care is needed by Pushback Crews to be softer and less harsh on the gear.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.