Flight crew of an embraer EMB120 could not retract the right main gear after takeoff resulting in return to land after making normal extension of the landing gear.

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Attributes
ACN	458270
Time
Date	199912
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg.airport
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 119
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 650
ASRS Report	458270
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : lndg gear position indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Right main gear failed to retract. Recycled gear following checklist. Right main gear remained extended. Extended gear with normal operation and indications, then returned to departure airport for normal landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN EMBRAER EMB120 COULD NOT RETRACT THE R MAIN GEAR AFTER TKOF RESULTING IN RETURN TO LAND AFTER MAKING NORMAL EXTENSION OF THE LNDG GEAR.

Narrative: R MAIN GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. RECYCLED GEAR FOLLOWING CHKLIST. R MAIN GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED. EXTENDED GEAR WITH NORMAL OP AND INDICATIONS, THEN RETURNED TO DEP ARPT FOR NORMAL LNDG.

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.