A dash 8-100 flight crew encountered two instances of failed gear retraction on two back to back leg...

Attributes
ACN	897279
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Type 19000
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 255 Flight Crew Type 3200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On rotation from we encountered the same problem we had earlier that day. I was the pilot flying for this leg. Gear up the left main amber light stay on the nose gear amber stay on the right main gear unsafe red light stayed on. We informed ATC of the situation; that we needed vectors. The first officer brought the checklist out; we contacted operations which in turn contacted dispatch and for some reason they came back to us saying they couldn't talk to maintenance. We had difficulty understanding them because we were only at 3;000 feet. We climbed to 4;000 and we had better reception. The checklist was followed. Maintenance told us to return to departure airport and we landed with no further complications. The event occurred because the plane was not fixed when it had been written up three times prior.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Dash 8-100 flight crew encountered two instances of failed gear retraction on two back to back legs. The crew stated that other flight crews had identical anomalies a few days before.

Narrative: On rotation from we encountered the same problem we had earlier that day. I was the pilot flying for this leg. Gear up the left main amber light stay on the nose gear amber stay on the right main gear unsafe red light stayed on. We informed ATC of the situation; that we needed vectors. The First Officer brought the checklist out; we contacted Operations which in turn contacted Dispatch and for some reason they came back to us saying they couldn't talk to Maintenance. We had difficulty understanding them because we were only at 3;000 feet. We climbed to 4;000 and we had better reception. The checklist was followed. Maintenance told us to return to departure airport and we landed with no further complications. The event occurred because the plane was not fixed when it had been written up three times prior.

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.

A dash 8-100 flight crew encountered two instances of failed gear retraction on two back to back legs. The crew stated that other flight crews had identical anomalies a few days before.