I'm a newbie on this jet and to airliners in general, just purchased the 737NGX along with the FS2crew addon, the only other addons I have installed are FSUIPC (newest version) and REX-E

 

I've been practicing the training missions and was using #2 before takeoff.

 

My left landing gear stuck down , both red and green lights are on. Verified the gear fail with external nose cam view. I've tried cycling the gear but it's jammed. I'm not sure how this happened as my takeoff was very smooth.

 

I don't have failures turned on and just double checked the FMC but can't even find a landing gear failure listed. Also the FMC is saying current failures: None.

 

Not sure if this is a bug or not. Also the readme from my download has the service pack patch notes so I'm assuming it was updated?

 

I've taken off dozens of times and never seen this until now. Info seems very scarce if there is anything to do with this other than RTB.

 

Checked these forums several other users reported same issue with no solution.

 

Steve McNitt

Check FSX failures.

I remember something similar reported here in the past, I don't remember if it was solved (or at least, if someone found the reason for this failure), however, as rsvit says, check fsx failures just for beginning to investigate.

I can add, check the hydraulic pressure and quantity in system "A"

It must work for retraction also with B but, I don't know if it is simulated.

If you have no hyd problems:

-Search on this forum

-send a ticket to PMDG

One reason for this may be switching between VC and external view while retracting/extend gear

I had it happen to me awhile ago the left landing gear wouldn't retract, made a return flight back to airport only happened once, so was wondering if pmdg simulated this or not is the question?

Waiting an answer from pmdg (or if you sent a ticket), remember that a locked out landing gear is the best problem you can have with them, if the light is still green it means that the aircraft is still able to land safely.

Now, in the sim you could try how many times you want, in the real one, the best way is to extend the other gears and land.

This because if something is jamming the gear, it could be possible that recycling them up and down for more times, can cause the gear to partially retract, and it could be possible that then will stuck in an unlocked position (wich means not down, up, in mid position, or fully down but not in safe condition) and this will cause a bad landing. Your gears are not all up and locked? Ok, gear down, wait for 3 green and prepare for landing or continue the flight with the relative limitations.

Ohhh, this isn't good news. I just posted in the MD-11 forum about not being able to extend my gear. I deactivate all the failures and my Failures are set to OFF in FSX. I've had that 2 flights in a row now. I hope this isn't a PMDG issue (or, maybe better if it is then there's a chance for a fix). I've not had this problem in the 737 though (crossing fingers). Please let us know what PMDG says if you get a reply.

Are you flying beyond gear speed? might cause a malfunction.

 

I have seen this in FSPax as well - also only 2 of 3 gear only dropping....the fix was a hard touch down to release the gear. Not sure what to do in the opposite situation

 

I don't use FSCew - does it have aircraft maintanence options - perhaps something needs to be repaired over time?

Also, are you by chance using FSUIPC? One fellow I know thinks that program can cause a few issues. I just did a flight in the MD-11 without it and everything worked fine, but that's not a statement saying it's FSUIPC as I did a couple of things differently on this flight. But, it would be good to know if there is maybe a commonality between failures here. Mind you, this is the first failure of this type I've heard for either the 737 or the MD-11, so it may just be a fluke.

Thanks for the replys, so here is some suggestions I checked:

 

I double checked the FSX failures settings, nothing was turned on in any of the categorys. Nor are any failures turned on in the FMC

 

Yes I use a registered FSUIPC it is installed but I don't have any axis or controls mapped through it. I had it installed for the VRS superbug ( it is no longer required) so it's not really doing anything at the moment.

 

I'm pretty sure I wasn't beyond the gear speed as I was just on takeoff and was still quite slow I was using autopilot/TOGA.

 

I was in the VC but didn't have any other views turned on. I only turned it on after I noticed the trim wheels acting differently and seen that both gear lights were on for the left gear.

 

Now I did do the gear up callout and the co-pilot raised the gear so I didn't manually do it. He told me gear up lights out on the after takeoff checklist.(not sure if the FS2crew can tell if there is a failure or what happens if there is since Im still new to it)

 

I haven't been able to duplicate this so I'm not sure if I should even send in a ticket to PMDG? I only saw 2 other posts of 2 people with the same problem , neither of them had a solution and it appears to be a one time fluke. Maybe there is a small bug that leaves that failure on.

 

I did save the flight and if I reload it the left gear is still stuck, so maybe I should contact them but not sure if I can send them my saved flight.

Well, it's likely pure coincidence, but try a flight with FSUIPC disabled. Mine isn't being used for anything either at this point, but both times I had the failure, I had FSUIPC enabled. If it doesn't happen with it disabled, re-enable it again and continue to use it until (if) you see another failure. Like I said, it's highly unlikely to be FSUIPC, but might as well rule out some commonality we share with similar failures. Just to be sure.