Return land due nose gear pin not removed.

Attributes
ACN	287983
Time
Date	199411
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : gua
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Jetstream 31
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 280 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	287983
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure 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:

Ground control for the company towed our aircraft. When towing the aircraft they used a safety gear pin. Myself and captain took off with the gear pin installed, when taking off the nose gear didn't retract. I was responsible for the preflight and didn't see the gear pin stalled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RETURN LAND DUE NOSE GEAR PIN NOT REMOVED.

Narrative: GND CTL FOR THE COMPANY TOWED OUR ACFT. WHEN TOWING THE ACFT THEY USED A SAFETY GEAR PIN. MYSELF AND CAPT TOOK OFF WITH THE GEAR PIN INSTALLED, WHEN TAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR DIDN'T RETRACT. I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREFLT AND DIDN'T SEE THE GEAR PIN STALLED.

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.