Narrative:

On takeoff, the landing gear was retracted, however the nose gear did not retract. The landing gear was selected down and the all 3 gear did extend. The reason the nosegear did not retract was because the aircraft was pushed back and the nosegear pin was not engaged. Although I did not specifically ask if the nosegear pin was engaged, I had minutes before push back, explicitly explained to the ground crew how to engage the nosepin. After both engines were started, I saluted to ground crew to tell them I was ready, the ground crew waved back, telling me that the plane was ready for taxi. No headsets were used, but hand signals were used. After landing at tampa, I got off the airplane and one of the ground crew said 'I thought he pushed in the pin'.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MDT HAD NOSE GEAR THAT FAILED TO RETRACT ON TKOF AFTER A PUSH BACK PROC. THERE WAS NO HEADSET COM WITH GND CREW ON TOW BAR DISCONNECT, HAND SIGNAL ONLY.

Narrative: ON TKOF, THE LNDG GEAR WAS RETRACTED, HOWEVER THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE LNDG GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THE ALL 3 GEAR DID EXTEND. THE REASON THE NOSEGEAR DID NOT RETRACT WAS BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS PUSHED BACK AND THE NOSEGEAR PIN WAS NOT ENGAGED. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT SPECIFICALLY ASK IF THE NOSEGEAR PIN WAS ENGAGED, I HAD MINUTES BEFORE PUSH BACK, EXPLICITLY EXPLAINED TO THE GND CREW HOW TO ENGAGE THE NOSEPIN. AFTER BOTH ENGS WERE STARTED, I SALUTED TO GND CREW TO TELL THEM I WAS READY, THE GND CREW WAVED BACK, TELLING ME THAT THE PLANE WAS READY FOR TAXI. NO HEADSETS WERE USED, BUT HAND SIGNALS WERE USED. AFTER LNDG AT TAMPA, I GOT OFF THE AIRPLANE AND ONE OF THE GND CREW SAID 'I THOUGHT HE PUSHED IN THE PIN'.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.