An A320 returned to the departure airport when the landing gear failed to retract due to a landing g...

Attributes
ACN	897799
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear Indicating System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After rotation and positive climb; I commanded gear up. Captain was pilot monitoring and stated the gear handle would not move. We then received a landing gear strut failure ECAM; and lost use of the flight directors; autopilots and auto thrust. I continued to fly raw data while captain reviewed/ran ECAM actions and QRH for the failure and upcoming overweight landing. After completing; ran remaining checklists and was vectored in for an ILS approach; but had visual approach conditions 10+ miles from field. [We] touched down at 146;500 pounds with a 20 ft/min descent rate. Upon returning to gate; mechanic reviewed aircraft printout of a ground proximity failure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 returned to the departure airport when the landing gear failed to retract due to a landing gear strut failure.

Narrative: After rotation and positive climb; I commanded gear up. Captain was pilot monitoring and stated the gear handle would not move. We then received a landing gear strut failure ECAM; and lost use of the flight directors; autopilots and auto thrust. I continued to fly raw data while Captain reviewed/ran ECAM actions and QRH for the failure and upcoming overweight landing. After completing; ran remaining checklists and was vectored in for an ILS approach; but had visual approach conditions 10+ miles from field. [We] touched down at 146;500 LBS with a 20 ft/min descent rate. Upon returning to gate; mechanic reviewed aircraft printout of a ground proximity failure.

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.