Narrative:

After takeoff we had unsafe lights on the landing gear. The nose gear did not come up (this was the problem). We cycled the gear and again the nose gear was down. We returned and landed at jax and found the nose gear pin was pulled, making it impossible to raise the nose gear. There had been a freak ice storm in jax, and there was a lot of ice on the aircraft. Because of this, I did an extra good preflight walk-around. All the gear pins were removed when I did the walk-around! When I got back in the aircraft, there was a mechanic using the radio to talk to operations about towing the aircraft to another gate. The mechanics outside the aircraft hooked up the tow bar, getting ready to move the aft. They did not move the aircraft. It is standard for the mechanics to pull the nose gear pin whenever they hook up the tow bar. I feel they pulled the pin when they hooked up and did not put it back when they undid the tow bar again. Again, this was done after I had done my walk-around. There should be a caution light for this nose gear pin in the cockpit to show it in the right position.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CGP REMOVED NOSE GEAR LINKAGE ON ACFT IN ANTICIPATION OF TOWING. DONE AFTER FLT CREW PREFLT. ACFT WASN'T TOWED, BUT LINKAGE NOT REPLACED. ON TKOF THE PIC COULD NOT GET THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF WE HAD UNSAFE LIGHTS ON THE LNDG GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT COME UP (THIS WAS THE PROB). WE CYCLED THE GEAR AND AGAIN THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. WE RETURNED AND LANDED AT JAX AND FOUND THE NOSE GEAR PIN WAS PULLED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RAISE THE NOSE GEAR. THERE HAD BEEN A FREAK ICE STORM IN JAX, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ICE ON THE ACFT. BECAUSE OF THIS, I DID AN EXTRA GOOD PREFLT WALK-AROUND. ALL THE GEAR PINS WERE REMOVED WHEN I DID THE WALK-AROUND! WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE ACFT, THERE WAS A MECH USING THE RADIO TO TALK TO OPS ABOUT TOWING THE ACFT TO ANOTHER GATE. THE MECHS OUTSIDE THE ACFT HOOKED UP THE TOW BAR, GETTING READY TO MOVE THE AFT. THEY DID NOT MOVE THE ACFT. IT IS STANDARD FOR THE MECHS TO PULL THE NOSE GEAR PIN WHENEVER THEY HOOK UP THE TOW BAR. I FEEL THEY PULLED THE PIN WHEN THEY HOOKED UP AND DID NOT PUT IT BACK WHEN THEY UNDID THE TOW BAR AGAIN. AGAIN, THIS WAS DONE AFTER I HAD DONE MY WALK-AROUND. THERE should BE A CAUTION LIGHT FOR THIS NOSE GEAR PIN IN THE COCKPIT TO SHOW IT IN THE RIGHT POS.

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.