An A300 crew departed after expressing their concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness and immedia...

Attributes
ACN	1124475
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 1500
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

Narrative:

Scheduled to operate in an aircraft with some questionable deferrals. I expressed my concerns to the duty chief pilot; dispatcher; and maintenance. Upon raising the landing gear after takeoff; using ldg gear warn sys 2; received ECAM warning message of: gear system 2 fault. Followed ECAM and switched to sys 1; thought it would be ok; above 10;000 MSL while accelerating to climb speed; received gear warning overspeed message. Both pfds displayed red zipper and ECAM had overspeed warning message. Was in conference with dispatch and maintenance immediately following; and consensus was this is not how the system should be working. Lost direct contact with dispatch via radio (weren't able to use ACARS at all-deferred prior to block out); received message from ARTCC to return to the departure airport. Didn't declare an emergency; because it appeared the gear was retracted and would have in the event we didn't receive a gear green down and locked; which we did. Landed uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A300 crew departed after expressing their concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness and immediately after takeoff the ECAM alerted GEAR SYS 2 FAULT with normal indications. While accelerating and troubleshooting the GEAR OVERSPEED alerted so the flight returned to the departure airport.

Narrative: Scheduled to operate in an aircraft with some questionable deferrals. I expressed my concerns to the Duty Chief Pilot; Dispatcher; and Maintenance. Upon raising the landing gear after takeoff; using LDG Gear Warn Sys 2; received ECAM warning message of: GEAR SYS 2 FAULT. Followed ECAM and switched to Sys 1; thought it would be OK; above 10;000 MSL while accelerating to climb speed; received Gear Warning Overspeed message. Both PFDs displayed red zipper and ECAM had overspeed warning message. Was in conference with Dispatch and Maintenance immediately following; and consensus was this is not how the system should be working. Lost direct contact with Dispatch via radio (weren't able to use ACARS at all-deferred prior to block out); received message from ARTCC to return to the departure airport. Didn't declare an emergency; because it appeared the gear was retracted and would have in the event we didn't receive a gear green down and locked; which we did. Landed uneventfully.

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.

An A300 crew departed after expressing their concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness and immediately after takeoff the ECAM alerted gear system 2 fault with normal indications. While accelerating and troubleshooting the gear overspeed alerted so the flight returned to the departure airport.