Approaching HNL, called for Landing Check and when reaching the item "Flaps" ,the flaps were lowered as required but associated leading edge flaps didn't respond. Co-pilot and Flt. Eng. went through all the check list drills and actions but still no L.E. flaps, so initiated a go- around, during which the L.E. flaps worked ! ( Murphy's Law ? ) so requested another approach which went to plan.
Subsequently told by management that HNL ATC had reported us as approaching with no gear, and ignored two reminders of ABC 123 " No gear". Why ?
I explained that we hadn't heard any such call from ATC. but may well have missed them due concentration on the various calls and actions to try to establish the L.E. flaps, but having called for Landing Check, and experienced a failure of the flaps, we had not proceeded further with the check list at that point, and Gear Down came after confirmation of the correct flap setting on the check list, we had not passed that point and so had not completed the check list, hence no gear.
QED.