An airbus 300 after takeoff, diverted due to unable to retract the nose and main landing gear. Cause...

Attributes
ACN	545844
Time
Date	200204
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	545844
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : lndg gear position indication other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Landing gear would not retract. Returned to land ZZZ. Normal landing, 3 green gear indication. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the gear would not retract and the gear position was all 3 green. The reporter said the gear override function was not attempted due to possible aircraft damage. The reporter said the cause or the component failure is unknown as a quick plane change was made and no maintenance report was available.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRBUS 300 AFTER TKOF, DIVERTED DUE TO UNABLE TO RETRACT THE NOSE AND MAIN LNDG GEAR. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Narrative: LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED TO LAND ZZZ. NORMAL LNDG, 3 GREEN GEAR INDICATION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AND THE GEAR POS WAS ALL 3 GREEN. THE RPTR SAID THE GEAR OVERRIDE FUNCTION WAS NOT ATTEMPTED DUE TO POSSIBLE ACFT DAMAGE. THE RPTR SAID THE CAUSE OR THE COMPONENT FAILURE IS UNKNOWN AS A QUICK PLANE CHANGE WAS MADE AND NO MAINT RPT WAS AVAILABLE.

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.

An airbus 300 after takeoff, diverted due to unable to retract the nose and main landing gear. Cause unknown.