Commuter aircraft has problem when retracting gear. Return land.

Attributes
ACN	200786
Time
Date	199202
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bwi
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	200786
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	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After takeoff when landing gear was retracted, the gear not down horn sounded. Landing gear position indications were normal. Crew was unable to extinguish horn. I recycled the gear and when the gear was extended the horn went out and all position indications were normal. There is no procedure for this situation in the checklist. When it was determined the gear was down and locked we returned to bwi and made a normal landing. No emergency was declared. All procedures and checklists were followed for the light transport. The aircraft confign was in the takeoff confign (takeoff power, flaps 15 degrees).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER ACFT HAS PROBLEM WHEN RETRACTING GEAR. RETURN LAND.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF WHEN LNDG GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE GEAR NOT DOWN HORN SOUNDED. LNDG GEAR POS INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. CREW WAS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH HORN. I RECYCLED THE GEAR AND WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED THE HORN WENT OUT AND ALL POS INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THERE IS NO PROC FOR THIS SITUATION IN THE CHKLIST. WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED WE RETURNED TO BWI AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG. NO EMER WAS DECLARED. ALL PROCS AND CHKLISTS WERE FOLLOWED FOR THE LTT. THE ACFT CONFIGN WAS IN THE TKOF CONFIGN (TKOF PWR, FLAPS 15 DEGS).

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.