<< >> NASA ASRS Report 549633, June 2002

A B737-400 in takeoff climb at 600 ft diverted due to landing gear failure to retract. This was third report of failure to retract. Cause unknown.

Attributes
ACN	549633
Time
Date	200206
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit.airport
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl single value : 600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : pit.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : n/s
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	549633
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : improper documentation maintenance problem : improper maintenance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : landing gear position indication other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : testing performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : fault isolation performance deficiency : logbook entry
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Company
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance
Situations
Publication	MAINT. MANUAL

Narrative:

On takeoff, gear handle would not retract past 'off.' followed QRH procedure, then landed back in pit with normal landing. Aircraft had same item written up twice before. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated this was the third report of failure of the landing gear to retract. The reporter said maintenance has not reported on the maintenance action taken and the failed component.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-400 IN TKOF CLB AT 600 FT DIVERTED DUE TO LNDG GEAR FAILURE TO RETRACT. THIS WAS THIRD RPT OF FAILURE TO RETRACT. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Narrative: ON TKOF, GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT RETRACT PAST 'OFF.' FOLLOWED QRH PROC, THEN LANDED BACK IN PIT WITH NORMAL LNDG. ACFT HAD SAME ITEM WRITTEN UP TWICE BEFORE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THIS WAS THE THIRD RPT OF FAILURE OF THE LNDG GEAR TO RETRACT. THE RPTR SAID MAINT HAS NOT RPTED ON THE MAINT ACTION TAKEN AND THE FAILED COMPONENT.

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.