B767'ER CREW GETS A TAILSKID AMBER LIGHT ON APCH TO BDA. BECAUSE TAILSKID IS NOT REQUIRED FOR LNDG; THE APCH WAS CONTINUED BUT GPWS GAVE A 'TOO LOW GEAR' WARNING AT ABOUT 500 FT. GAR INITIATED. UPON SECOND GEAR EXTENSION; GOT NORMAL GREEN LIGHTS. SUSPECT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT PROPERLY SEATED IN ITS NOTCH THE FIRST TIME.

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THE FO WAS FLYING THE APCH TO BDA. AFTER LOWERING THE GEAR; WE NOTICED THAT THE TAILSKID AND GEAR AMBER LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS WERE ALSO ON. OUR ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THE TAILSKID WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. THE PLT'S OPERATING MANUAL LISTS NO SPECIAL PROC FOR THIS CONDITION; SO THE APCH WAS CONTINUED. AT APPROX 500 FT ALT; THE GPWS SOUNDED A 'TOO LOW GEAR' WARNING. AT THAT POINT; A MISSED APCH WAS EXECUTED. ON DOWNWIND LEG; THE GEAR WAS LOWERED WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS COMPLETED. AFTER DISCUSSING THE INCIDENT WITH THE COMPANY MAINT COORDINATOR; HE DETERMINED THAT THE SYMPTOMS WERE INDICATIVE OF THE GEAR HANDLE NOT BEING FULLY SEATED. AFTER DESCRIBING THE VARIOUS SWITCHES ON THE GEAR HANDLE TO ME; I CONCURRED WITH HIS REASONING. WE ALSO AGREED THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A LOGBOOK ENTRY SINCE NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE ACFT. WE DEPARTED BDA ON THE LAST LEG OF THE TRIP WITH NO FURTHER PROBS. SINCE FOS' MUST FLY THE ACFT; THE LNDG GEAR CTL SHOULD BE LOCATED SO THAT NEITHER PLT HAS TO STRETCH OVER THE PEDESTAL IN ORDER TO REACH IT.