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Aircraft maintenance discrepancy creates the need for an air carrier aircraft to return land when its nose gear fails to retract on takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303729 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199505 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : den |
| State Reference | CO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 303729 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On may/xx/95 at approximately XA30 am while performing maintenance on aircraft I stuck a 6 inch extension 1/4 drive into the down lock gear pin hold of the nose landing door. I did this to protect myself in case the hydraulics came on, and from a possible communication breakdown with the others on the crew. Upon completion on my job I left the extension in the gear pin hole. The aircraft took off and when the nose landing gear would not retract the aircraft returned to the field.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT MAINT DISCREPANCY CREATES THE NEED FOR AN ACR ACFT TO RETURN LAND WHEN ITS NOSE GEAR FAILS TO RETRACT ON TKOF.
Narrative: ON MAY/XX/95 AT APPROX XA30 AM WHILE PERFORMING MAINT ON ACFT I STUCK A 6 INCH EXTENSION 1/4 DRIVE INTO THE DOWN LOCK GEAR PIN HOLD OF THE NOSE LNDG DOOR. I DID THIS TO PROTECT MYSELF IN CASE THE HYDS CAME ON, AND FROM A POSSIBLE COM BREAKDOWN WITH THE OTHERS ON THE CREW. UPON COMPLETION ON MY JOB I LEFT THE EXTENSION IN THE GEAR PIN HOLE. THE ACFT TOOK OFF AND WHEN THE NOSE LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD.
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.