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A carj-900 flight returns and lands when the crew is unable to retract the nose gear which was found to be still pinned upon landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 594533 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200309 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : phx.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | CRJ 900 (all) Canadair Regional Jet 900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| 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 : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 594533 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
I was PIC. On takeoff received gear disagree warning message (nose gear not retracting). Returned for overweight landing and at gate discovered nose gear was still pinned in down position. Maintenance removed pin and documented it in the afml flight was then continued uneventfully. I personally walked around aircraft and did not see the pin in nose gear. Also on pushback ramp personnel failed to notice it. The aircraft initially was repositioned from the maintenance hangar to the gate. Maintenance called to remove all pins. As no one else noticed, I believe the nose pin flag was blown up into the wheelwell while being brought from the hangar. The flag remove before flight on the crj's nose gear is very short and this has happened several times. I would like to see bombardier design a longer flag for the nose gear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CARJ-900 FLT RETURNS AND LANDS WHEN THE CREW IS UNABLE TO RETRACT THE NOSE GEAR WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE STILL PINNED UPON LNDG.
Narrative: I WAS PIC. ON TKOF RECEIVED GEAR DISAGREE WARNING MESSAGE (NOSE GEAR NOT RETRACTING). RETURNED FOR OVERWT LNDG AND AT GATE DISCOVERED NOSE GEAR WAS STILL PINNED IN DOWN POS. MAINT REMOVED PIN AND DOCUMENTED IT IN THE AFML FLT WAS THEN CONTINUED UNEVENTFULLY. I PERSONALLY WALKED AROUND ACFT AND DID NOT SEE THE PIN IN NOSE GEAR. ALSO ON PUSHBACK RAMP PERSONNEL FAILED TO NOTICE IT. THE ACFT INITIALLY WAS REPOSITIONED FROM THE MAINT HANGAR TO THE GATE. MAINT CALLED TO REMOVE ALL PINS. AS NO ONE ELSE NOTICED, I BELIEVE THE NOSE PIN FLAG WAS BLOWN UP INTO THE WHEELWELL WHILE BEING BROUGHT FROM THE HANGAR. THE FLAG REMOVE BEFORE FLT ON THE CRJ'S NOSE GEAR IS VERY SHORT AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOMBARDIER DESIGN A LONGER FLAG FOR THE NOSE GEAR.
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.