Flight crew unable to retract gear after takeoff. Gear pins not removed.

Attributes
ACN	236867
Time
Date	199303
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : anc
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : agc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 1300
ASRS Report	236867
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Landing gear would not come up after takeoff. Uneventful return to airport. After returning to gate it was found that gear pins were still installed. Airplane had been used for filming a commercial earlier in the day. Red gear pin streamers had been rolled up and taped inside wheel wells so they would not show in filming. Maintenance forgot to remove pins after filming. Captain did exterior preflight and did not notice that the pins were in. (We were not told about filming until later.) a prior airline I worked for always did a maintenance write-up for 'gear pins installed,' 'gear pins removed.' we do not do that here. It certainly would have prevented this from happening.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR AFTER TKOF. GEAR PINS NOT REMOVED.

Narrative: LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP AFTER TKOF. UNEVENTFUL RETURN TO ARPT. AFTER RETURNING TO GATE IT WAS FOUND THAT GEAR PINS WERE STILL INSTALLED. AIRPLANE HAD BEEN USED FOR FILMING A COMMERCIAL EARLIER IN THE DAY. RED GEAR PIN STREAMERS HAD BEEN ROLLED UP AND TAPED INSIDE WHEEL WELLS SO THEY WOULD NOT SHOW IN FILMING. MAINT FORGOT TO REMOVE PINS AFTER FILMING. CAPT DID EXTERIOR PREFLT AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE PINS WERE IN. (WE WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT FILMING UNTIL LATER.) A PRIOR AIRLINE I WORKED FOR ALWAYS DID A MAINT WRITE-UP FOR 'GEAR PINS INSTALLED,' 'GEAR PINS REMOVED.' WE DO NOT DO THAT HERE. IT CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING.

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.