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B727-200 crew returned to their departure station after the nose gear pin was left installed by maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 512620 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200105 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time type : 267 |
| ASRS Report | 512620 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Maintenance Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Maintenance Human Performance |
Narrative:
Nose gear pin left installed on takeoff. Nose gear pin noticed installed during exterior inspection. Informed captain and first officer who twice confirmed with pushback technician that the pin had been removed. On takeoff, nose gear would not retract. Returned to mia, upon which maintenance technician removed the nose gear pin. Flight continued with no further problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727-200 CREW RETURNED TO THEIR DEP STATION AFTER THE NOSE GEAR PIN WAS LEFT INSTALLED BY MAINT.
Narrative: NOSE GEAR PIN LEFT INSTALLED ON TKOF. NOSE GEAR PIN NOTICED INSTALLED DURING EXTERIOR INSPECTION. INFORMED CAPT AND FO WHO TWICE CONFIRMED WITH PUSHBACK TECHNICIAN THAT THE PIN HAD BEEN REMOVED. ON TKOF, NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO MIA, UPON WHICH MAINT TECHNICIAN REMOVED THE NOSE GEAR PIN. FLT CONTINUED WITH NO FURTHER PROBS.
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.