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Air carrier medium large transport unable to keep right main gear retracted after takeoff from fll. Diverted to mia for maintenance procedure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 85227 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198804 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma tracon : mia |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer observation : company check pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 85227 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 85225 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right main gear did not retract, diverted to mia. Required emergency equipment to standby in event of gear collapse. Normal landing made. Supplemental information from acn 85225: believe problem caused by uplock failure. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: the aircraft type and the captain was getting IOE in aircraft. Gear would not stay up when gear handle returned to neutral position. Gear warning lights would show both green and red at the same time. Maintenance action was to replace the up latch.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG UNABLE TO KEEP RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED AFTER TKOF FROM FLL. DIVERTED TO MIA FOR MAINTENANCE PROC.
Narrative: RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, DIVERTED TO MIA. REQUIRED EMER EQUIP TO STANDBY IN EVENT OF GEAR COLLAPSE. NORMAL LNDG MADE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 85225: BELIEVE PROB CAUSED BY UPLOCK FAILURE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE ACFT TYPE AND THE CAPT WAS GETTING IOE IN ACFT. GEAR WOULD NOT STAY UP WHEN GEAR HANDLE RETURNED TO NEUTRAL POS. GEAR WARNING LIGHTS WOULD SHOW BOTH GREEN AND RED AT THE SAME TIME. MAINT ACTION WAS TO REPLACE THE UP LATCH.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.