Service difficulty report · Handle · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
March 23, 2003
Submitted
May 8, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N574US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23739
Part
Handle
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PIT - FLT 542 - ON APPROACH INTO PIT FROM ATL, AT APPROXIMATELY 2,500 TO 3,000 FT, CREW RECEIVED THREE GEAR DISAGREEMENT LIGHTS WHEN PLACING GEAR HANDLE DOWN. CREW REPORTED THEY FELT THE GEAR GO DOWN. CAPTAIN OPTED TO ACCOMPLISH A FLYBY WHERE THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. CAPTAIN ACCOMPLISHED QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK PROCEDURES AND FOUDN THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT COMPLETELY ENGAGED. CREW THEN RECEIVED THREE GEAR GREEN LIGHTS, CONTINUED APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FLIGHT TAXIED TO THE GATE. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. CAPTAIN CONFIRMED TO MAINTENANCE THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT FULLY ENGAGED. ONCE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED ALL THE WAY DOWN, THREE GREEN GEAR LIGH