Embraer 145 jet flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land due to a landing gear position disagreement indication after retracting the landing gear on takeoff.

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Attributes
ACN	552681
Time
Date	200207
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : jfk.tower tower : mdw.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	552681
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	552679
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : lndg gear position indicator other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff and after retracting landing gear, got EICAS warning for landing gear lever disagreement. An emergency was declared, flight attendant was briefed, and did an excellent job. Completed appropriate checklists. Returned to jfk for fly-by. Emergency equipment reported gear appeared down, returned for landing. Landing uneventful. Had gear pinned and taxied back to ramp.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMBRAER 145 JET FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND DUE TO A LNDG GEAR POS DISAGREEMENT INDICATION AFTER RETRACTING THE LNDG GEAR ON TKOF.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF AND AFTER RETRACTING LNDG GEAR, GOT EICAS WARNING FOR LNDG GEAR LEVER DISAGREEMENT. AN EMER WAS DECLARED, FLT ATTENDANT WAS BRIEFED, AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. COMPLETED APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. RETURNED TO JFK FOR FLY-BY. EMER EQUIP RPTED GEAR APPEARED DOWN, RETURNED FOR LNDG. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. HAD GEAR PINNED AND TAXIED BACK TO RAMP.

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.