A CARJ700 FLT CREW IGNORES THE MANDATES OF THEIR QRH WHEN RECEIVING A LNDG GEAR FAULT; SIMPLY RECYCLING THE GEAR AND CONTINUING TO DEST ARPT AFTER TKOF FROM BIL; MT.

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ON TKOF FROM RWY 28R IN BIL; I WAS THE PF. NORMAL TKOF UNTIL THE PNF CALLED 'POSITIVE RATE.' I CALLED 'GEAR UP.' PNF RETRACTED LNDG GEAR. ACFT WENT THROUGH WHAT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL GEAR RETRACTION SEQUENCE. A FEW SECONDS LATER; WE GOT A 'GEAR DISAGREE' WARNING. THE PNF CYCLED THE LNDG GEAR AND ALL WARNING MESSAGES WERE CLRED AND THE GEAR WENT THROUGH A NORMAL CYCLE. A NORMAL CLB WAS COMPLETED. AS WE CLBED TO ALT; ABOVE 15000 FT; WE BEGAN TO DISCUSS THE SIT AGAIN. WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE CHKLIST FOR A GEAR DISAGREE SIT. IT BASICALLY SAID TO MAKE SURE THE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN AND TO LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. WE WERE AT ALT; ON COURSE; AND THE MESSAGE HAD CLRED; SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE TO OUR DEST. A NORMAL LNDG WAS CONDUCTED AND MAINT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ABNORMALITY. A WRITE-UP WAS MADE IN THE ACFT'S LOGBOOK. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 617157: WHEN WE RETRACTED; A GEAR DISAGREEMENT WARNING AND AURAL MESSAGE; AND ALSO A 'PROX FAULT #1' STATUS MESSAGE CAME ON. FROM PAST ACFT EXPERIENCES; I WOULD CYCLE THE LNDG GEAR TO CLR THE MESSAGE. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED AND THE MESSAGE CLRED AND NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN. DURING THE FLT; WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE QRH FOR THE PROC IF THE MESSAGE DID NOT CLR. IT ADVISED US TO SLOW TO 200 KTS; DROP THE GEAR AND LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. THE ACFT WT WAS ABOUT 3000 LBS ABOVE LNDG WT.