An A300 flight crew elected to return to their departure airport for maintenance when the landing ge...

Attributes
ACN	1091159
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 71 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 60
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

We were climbing out on initial heading and; when we attempted to raise the gear; it would not retract. We 'cleaned up' the aircraft; leveled at 5;000 MSL and followed the ECAM procedures for left/G retraction fault. We then calculated the increased fuel consumption to destination which required us to return to our departure airport. We explained our landing gear problem to departure control and got vectors back to an ILS. Enroute we reviewed ECAM procedures; informed dispatch and maintenance control; completed all checklists and approach briefings and then completed an uneventful landing and taxi back to the ramp.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 flight crew elected to return to their departure airport for maintenance when the landing gear failed to retract after takeoff and the increased fuel burn to destination precluded continuing.

Narrative: We were climbing out on initial heading and; when we attempted to raise the gear; it would not retract. We 'cleaned up' the aircraft; leveled at 5;000 MSL and followed the ECAM procedures for L/G retraction fault. We then calculated the increased fuel consumption to destination which required us to return to our departure airport. We explained our landing gear problem to departure control and got vectors back to an ILS. Enroute we reviewed ECAM procedures; informed Dispatch and Maintenance Control; completed all checklists and approach briefings and then completed an uneventful landing and taxi back to the ramp.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.