<< >> NASA ASRS Report 863084, December 2009

A Q400's (DHC8-400) left landing gear and door did not indicate retracted after takeoff. An emergency was declared and flight returned to land.

Attributes
ACN	863084
Time
Date	200912
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Q400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After takeoff and gear retraction the gear unsafe handle light was on; left gear door and left main gear unsafe lights remained illuminated. They extinguished after more than two minutes and 3000' MSL. We contacted maintenance and decided to run the manual gear extension checklist. We declared an emergency; contacted dispatch; the flight attendants; operations and told ATC that we wanted to return to the airport. We completed the checklist and landed without incident. We stopped the aircraft on the runway and were towed to the gate. The passengers were understanding and accepting of the fact.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Q400's (DHC8-400) left landing gear and door did not indicate retracted after takeoff. An emergency was declared and flight returned to land.

Narrative: After takeoff and gear retraction the gear unsafe handle light was on; left gear door and left main gear unsafe lights remained illuminated. They extinguished after more than two minutes and 3000' MSL. We contacted Maintenance and decided to run the manual gear extension checklist. We declared an emergency; contacted Dispatch; the Flight Attendants; Operations and told ATC that we wanted to return to the airport. We completed the checklist and landed without incident. We stopped the aircraft on the runway and were towed to the gate. The passengers were understanding and accepting of the fact.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.