Narrative:

After takeoff the landing gear wouldn't come [up]. At 1500 ft we tried pushing the button and retracting the gear and that didn't work. So the captain made the decision to fly back to [diversion airport] with the gear down.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Beech 1900D First Officer reported unable to raise the gear after takeoff. Captain elected to divert gear down to a nearby airport.

Narrative: After takeoff the landing gear wouldn't come [up]. At 1500 FT we tried pushing the button and retracting the gear and that didn't work. So the Captain made the decision to fly back to [diversion airport] with the gear down.

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.