Aircraft equipment problem with nose gear retraction causes air carrier to return land.

Attributes
ACN	296329
Time
Date	199502
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	296329
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On gear retraction at dfw heard a loud thump in nose gear area under cockpit. Nose gear caution light came on with MFDU message, restricting aircraft to 200 KT and to recycle gear. Gear extension was normal. On retraction same problem appeared. Lowered landing gear and returned to dfw. Landing weight was 80000 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTION CAUSES ACR TO RETURN LAND.

Narrative: ON GEAR RETRACTION AT DFW HEARD A LOUD THUMP IN NOSE GEAR AREA UNDER COCKPIT. NOSE GEAR CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON WITH MFDU MESSAGE, RESTRICTING ACFT TO 200 KT AND TO RECYCLE GEAR. GEAR EXTENSION WAS NORMAL. ON RETRACTION SAME PROB APPEARED. LOWERED LNDG GEAR AND RETURNED TO DFW. LNDG WT WAS 80000 LBS.

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.