Small aircraft reports landing gear problem at San Jose airport


A small plane at San Jose airport had a problem with its landing gear light. The pilot did low passes to check the gear and aborted the first landing attempt. Emergency crews were ready in case of a problem.
Audio|Source: San Jose Fire
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Transcript:
20 alpha is on scene of the alert too. We currently have a small general aviation site task and aircraft that is doing a low path to check, make sure his landing gears down. We have unknown fuel, unknown occupancies at this time and again the emergency. He is declaring is a gear indicator light during his first initial low pass. I think he was down. So we're setting this up as Mineta I-C. Engine 20 Alpha 104 on scene currently have a small general aviation aircraft that's doing a low pass to check to make sure the landing gear is down, unknown fuel and occupants gear indicator light. And during his low pass, the landing gear was down, setting up as Mineta Icy. Command 21[1], I see. I see. I see. Go ahead. Our aircraft is on a one mile final. He is going to attempt to land on 3-0 left. The landing gear indicator light is still not currently showing the aircraft and he's worried about the landing gear not being locked. equipment is on the scene. They currently have a small general aviation aircraft that's doing a low passage. T-104, I copy it on the one-mile final. The initial issue was that the gear indicator light was on the runway 30 left. Indicator light is not showing. No worry the landing gear is not locked. Command 21 is further update. The pilot aborted the landing. He is going to circle the airport one more time. I see 1040 copy pilot avoided the landing will circle the airport one more time.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command 21: Incident command channel
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Location mentioned:
San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC), 1701 Airport Blvd Ste B-1130, San Jose, CA 95110
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