An MD80 captain reported left medium large transport red light remained on after takeoff. After runn...

Narrative:

Upon gear retraction in our initial climb out I as the non-flying pilot noticed the lft medium large transport indicator light was red (indicating a gear unsafe situation). The first officer continued to fly the aircraft and work the radios as we leveled off at 12;000 ft and I ran through the QRH procedures. After completing the QRH procedures without a change in results we contacted company dispatch and maintenance. We all decided the best course of action would be to divert the flight to ZZZ. We performed 1 turn in holding to burn off the fuel needed to be under 128;000 for our landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD80 Captain reported left MLG red light remained on after takeoff. After running the QRH and coordinating with maintenance; they diverted to a nearby airport.

Narrative: Upon gear retraction in our initial climb out I as the non-flying pilot noticed the LFT MLG indicator light was red (indicating a gear unsafe situation). The First Officer continued to fly the aircraft and work the radios as we leveled off at 12;000 FT and I ran through the QRH procedures. After completing the QRH procedures without a change in results we contacted Company Dispatch and Maintenance. We all decided the best course of action would be to divert the flight to ZZZ. We performed 1 turn in holding to burn off the fuel needed to be under 128;000 for our landing.

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.

Attributes
ACN	895498
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-87
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Initial Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An MD80 captain reported left medium large transport red light remained on after takeoff. After running the QRH and coordinating with maintenance; they diverted to a nearby airport.