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Unknown aircraft type returns to departure airport when nose gear doors fail to close on retraction due to ground crew error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 759393 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200710 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| 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 |
| ASRS Report | 759393 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
After takeoff; retracted gear; excessive vibration and noise from the nose gear area; extended gear; got 3 down and locked; declared an emergency; returned to ZZZ; landed without incident; ground crew had failed to close the forward gear doors on the nose landing gear.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNKNOWN ACFT TYPE RETURNS TO DEP ARPT WHEN NOSE GEAR DOORS FAIL TO CLOSE ON RETRACTION DUE TO GND CREW ERROR.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF; RETRACTED GEAR; EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND NOISE FROM THE NOSE GEAR AREA; EXTENDED GEAR; GOT 3 DOWN AND LOCKED; DECLARED AN EMER; RETURNED TO ZZZ; LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT; GND CREW HAD FAILED TO CLOSE THE FORWARD GEAR DOORS ON THE NOSE LNDG GEAR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.