Narrative:

Upon takeoff the gear went up and three green then the nose gear came back down and was red 'dn'. We ran the QRH and got all three green down and locked and declared an emergency back into departure airport. We called operations and maintenance on their frequencies and we spoke to the passengers and flight attendant. Upon safely landing; no further assistance was needed and maintenance met us to gather information. We were aware we were over weight and made sure to land at 100-200 FPM; as we made call outs off the vsi. The passengers deplaned and went to the gate. The logbook showed that there was a gear problem on the previous flight but it had been fixed in the hangar. This was the second attempt. This was the second plane; same crew; same passengers; and second gear problem of the day. Earlier we had a nose door/gear emergency. I spoke with chief pilot. We were assigned to fly with the same passengers; same crew; and different plane. Needless to say the passengers did not want to go; and were forming a mob at the gate. Customer service agents came and asked me to come to the gate and speak with the folks. I did. I was asked multiple questions about safety; and maintenance. I explained what happened to the first plane; and the second plane; and that the 3rd plane was in great shape to fly. I explained my company's maintenance is great and that I was fit to fly.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ-50 Captain reported nose landing gear problem after takeoff; declared emergency and returned to departure airport.

Narrative: Upon takeoff the gear went up and three green then the nose gear came back down and was red 'DN'. We ran the QRH and got all three green down and locked and declared an emergency back into departure airport. We called Operations and Maintenance on their frequencies and we spoke to the passengers and Flight Attendant. Upon safely landing; no further assistance was needed and Maintenance met us to gather information. We were aware we were over weight and made sure to land at 100-200 FPM; as we made call outs off the VSI. The passengers deplaned and went to the gate. The logbook showed that there was a gear problem on the previous flight but it had been fixed in the hangar. This was the second attempt. This was the second plane; same crew; same passengers; and second gear problem of the day. Earlier we had a nose door/gear emergency. I spoke with Chief Pilot. We were assigned to fly with the same passengers; same crew; and different plane. Needless to say the passengers did not want to go; and were forming a mob at the gate. Customer Service agents came and asked me to come to the gate and speak with the folks. I did. I was asked multiple questions about safety; and maintenance. I explained what happened to the first plane; and the second plane; and that the 3rd plane was in great shape to fly. I explained my Company's maintenance is great and that I was fit to fly.

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.