<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1035330, September 2012

A ce-560 nose gear failed to retract after a go-around at ATC direction. The crew diverted to a nearby alternate where maintenance was available.

Attributes
ACN	1035330
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Citation Excel (C560XL)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 28000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

My aircraft was on final approach; landing under visual flight conditions. We were instructed to 'go-around' by the tower controller due to traffic congestion. During the go-around procedure; the nose landing gear on our aircraft would not retract. We asked ATC to give us delay vectors to give us time to evaluate the situation and complete the necessary check list procedures. We were unable to retract the nose landing gear and elected to divert our flight to an airport where the runways were longer and repair facilities were available. The landing gear position indicators were indicating that the landing gear was down and locked into the down position and a normal approach and landing was completed. The emergency equipment was requested to standby as a precaution.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CE-560 nose gear failed to retract after a go-around at ATC direction. The crew diverted to a nearby alternate where maintenance was available.

Narrative: My aircraft was on final approach; landing under visual flight conditions. We were instructed to 'go-around' by the Tower Controller due to traffic congestion. During the go-around procedure; the nose landing gear on our aircraft would not retract. We asked ATC to give us delay vectors to give us time to evaluate the situation and complete the necessary check list procedures. We were unable to retract the nose landing gear and elected to divert our flight to an airport where the runways were longer and repair facilities were available. The landing gear position indicators were indicating that the landing gear was down and locked into the down position and a normal approach and landing was completed. The emergency equipment was requested to standby as a precaution.

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.