<< >> NASA ASRS Report 359297, January 1997

A commercial fixed wing passenger aircraft was dispatched with the nose gear lock pin installed. Returned to the field due to unable to retract the nose gear.

Attributes
ACN	359297
Time
Date	199701
Day	Sun
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	359297
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On jan/xy/97 aircraft took off from XXX. During takeoff the flight crew was unable to retract the nose gear. After returning to XXX, it was discovered that the nose gear pin was still installed. Aircraft was released from xchk out of dock. As per de-dock job card, I proceeded to remove the landing gear pins from the left and right main landing gears. A second mechanic, also assigned to dock, went into the nose gear area to remove the nose gear pin. Then I proceeded to sign off the paperwork.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING PAX ACFT WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE NOSE GEAR LOCK PIN INSTALLED. RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO UNABLE TO RETRACT THE NOSE GEAR.

Narrative: ON JAN/XY/97 ACFT TOOK OFF FROM XXX. DURING TKOF THE FLC WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT THE NOSE GEAR. AFTER RETURNING TO XXX, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE GEAR PIN WAS STILL INSTALLED. ACFT WAS RELEASED FROM XCHK OUT OF DOCK. AS PER DE-DOCK JOB CARD, I PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE LNDG GEAR PINS FROM THE L AND R MAIN LNDG GEARS. A SECOND MECH, ALSO ASSIGNED TO DOCK, WENT INTO THE NOSE GEAR AREA TO REMOVE THE NOSE GEAR PIN. THEN I PROCEEDED TO SIGN OFF THE PAPERWORK.

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.