A B737-300 immediately after takeoff declared an emergency and returned to the field due to unable to retract the nose landing gear caused by a gear pin still installed.

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Attributes
ACN	445059
Time
Date	199907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl single value : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 450
ASRS Report	445059
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	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : nose gear warning light other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Upon gear retraction after takeoff, the nose gear light remained on and the nose gear failed to retract. Appropriate checklists were completed and the flight returned for a normal landing with 3 safe gear indications. Postflt inspection revealed the nose gear pin still in place.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-300 IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO UNABLE TO RETRACT THE NOSE LNDG GEAR CAUSED BY A GEAR PIN STILL INSTALLED.

Narrative: UPON GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TKOF, THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT REMAINED ON AND THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED AND THE FLT RETURNED FOR A NORMAL LNDG WITH 3 SAFE GEAR INDICATIONS. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR PIN STILL IN PLACE.

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.