Air carrier large transport gear unsafe light on final executed go around.

Attributes
ACN	86772
Time
Date	198805
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : buf
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : buf
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 9000
ASRS Report	86772
Person 2
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Landing gear lowered during visual approach. Got unsafe gear indication. Went around and advised tower of problem. Gear was recycled with no recurrence. Landing was uneventful--equipment was not called for.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ON FINAL EXECUTED GO AROUND.

Narrative: LNDG GEAR LOWERED DURING VISUAL APCH. GOT UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. WENT AROUND AND ADVISED TWR OF PROB. GEAR WAS RECYCLED WITH NO RECURRENCE. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL--EQUIP WAS NOT CALLED FOR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.