<< >> NASA ASRS Report 130673, November 1989

Large transport has right gear jam not fully retracted. Continued flight, made successful landing on nose and left gear.

Attributes
ACN	130673
Time
Date	198911
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 14400 flight time type : 2120
ASRS Report	130673
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff from alb, when retracting gear, the gear door jammed with the gear on the right side, keeping the gear from retracting fully. We lowered the gear, but right gear was stuck in the wheel well. I made the decision to continue the flight to atl. That gave me time to contact company tech services about the problem and verify that my plan was correct. We could not extend the gear, so a successful landing was made using left main and nose gear down on runway 9L. There were no injuries and no structural damage to the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT HAS RIGHT GEAR JAM NOT FULLY RETRACTED. CONTINUED FLT, MADE SUCCESSFUL LNDG ON NOSE AND LEFT GEAR.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM ALB, WHEN RETRACTING GEAR, THE GEAR DOOR JAMMED WITH THE GEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE, KEEPING THE GEAR FROM RETRACTING FULLY. WE LOWERED THE GEAR, BUT RIGHT GEAR WAS STUCK IN THE WHEEL WELL. I MADE THE DECISION TO CONTINUE THE FLT TO ATL. THAT GAVE ME TIME TO CONTACT COMPANY TECH SVCS ABOUT THE PROB AND VERIFY THAT MY PLAN WAS CORRECT. WE COULD NOT EXTEND THE GEAR, SO A SUCCESSFUL LNDG WAS MADE USING LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR DOWN ON RWY 9L. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.