Widebody returns to departure airport when landing gear fails to retract.

Attributes
ACN	812925
Time
Date	200811
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 3 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 68 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2900
ASRS Report	812925
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed as precaution
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff we could not retract the gear. The handle would not move to the up position; the gear stayed in the down and locked safe position with 4 green lights. We complied with all the checklist; called maintenance control and dispatch and returned to ZZZ. We didn't have to dump fuel and we made a normal return; approach and landing. I didn't declare an emergency because I felt we were not in one because no dumping was required and the checklist states; 'failure should have no adverse effect on landing;' and also the gear was in the down and locked safe position; normal for landing. Once on the ground and we secured the aircraft we wrote up the malfunction and air turn back in the logbook and kept the paperwork. Note: the gear pins were not installed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WIDEBODY RETURNS TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT WHEN LANDING GEAR FAILS TO RETRACT.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF WE COULD NOT RETRACT THE GEAR. THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE TO THE UP POS; THE GEAR STAYED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED SAFE POS WITH 4 GREEN LIGHTS. WE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE CHKLIST; CALLED MAINT CTL AND DISPATCH AND RETURNED TO ZZZ. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DUMP FUEL AND WE MADE A NORMAL RETURN; APCH AND LNDG. I DIDN'T DECLARE AN EMER BECAUSE I FELT WE WERE NOT IN ONE BECAUSE NO DUMPING WAS REQUIRED AND THE CHKLIST STATES; 'FAILURE SHOULD HAVE NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON LNDG;' AND ALSO THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED SAFE POS; NORMAL FOR LNDG. ONCE ON THE GND AND WE SECURED THE ACFT WE WROTE UP THE MALFUNCTION AND AIR TURN BACK IN THE LOGBOOK AND KEPT THE PAPERWORK. NOTE: THE GEAR PINS WERE NOT INSTALLED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.