Mooney M20T pilot reported that the landing gear would not retract after takeoff. While dealing with...

Attributes
ACN	1029785
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Landing Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 1225 Flight Crew Type 475
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

Departed and attempted to raise landing gear. Received indication that landing gear did not retract. Initial troubleshooting was unsuccessful. Turned down radio to minimize distractions to further troubleshoot problems using aircraft manual. Realized that would be transiting military control area and reported to this agency that a problem was being troubleshot and that would be transiting that airspace. Heard no response and assumed that ATC was no longer active and that flight into airspace would be ok. Was able to raise gear after reviewing emergency procedures for same and continued on to destination. Only later realized that volume on radio had been turned down; and any response from ATC would not have been heard.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Mooney M20T pilot reported that the landing gear would not retract after takeoff. While dealing with that distraction he entered restricted airspace.

Narrative: Departed and attempted to raise landing gear. Received indication that landing gear did not retract. Initial troubleshooting was unsuccessful. Turned down radio to minimize distractions to further troubleshoot problems using aircraft manual. Realized that would be transiting military control area and reported to this agency that a problem was being troubleshot and that would be transiting that airspace. Heard no response and assumed that ATC was no longer active and that flight into airspace would be OK. Was able to raise gear after reviewing emergency procedures for same and continued on to destination. Only later realized that volume on radio had been turned down; and any response from ATC would not have been heard.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.