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An A300 landing gear would not retract after takeoff until the landing gear position detector system 2 was selected. Then with gear retraction; the #1 air data computer; #1 flight director; the autothrottle system and both transponders failed so the flight returned to the departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1111796 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201308 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Squat Switch |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
On takeoff; unable to retract gear. Selected 2nd system; gear retracted. Then; multiple failures occurred: captain air data computer; captain F/D; at system; transponder 1&2; pitch trim #1; etc... Captain gave aircraft to me to fly while he discussed with maintenance. ATC stated that our destination airport would not accept aircraft without operable transponder. Therefore; we returned to the departure airport without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A300 landing gear would not retract after takeoff until the Landing Gear Position Detector System 2 was selected. Then with gear retraction; the #1 ADC; #1 Flight Director; the autothrottle system and both transponders failed so the flight returned to the departure airport.
Narrative: On takeoff; unable to retract gear. Selected 2nd system; gear retracted. Then; multiple failures occurred: CAPT ADC; CAPT F/D; AT System; Transponder 1&2; Pitch Trim #1; etc... Captain gave aircraft to me to fly while he discussed with Maintenance. ATC stated that our destination airport would not accept aircraft without operable transponder. Therefore; we returned to the departure airport without incident.
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.