The 757 landing gear failed to retract; so the crew returned to the departure airport. The alternate...

Attributes
ACN	1296579
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 182 Flight Crew Type 9459
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 46
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

First officers leg to fly. As pm as I performed the after takeoff checklist the landing gear would not retract. Continued to clear above surrounding terrain. Positioned aircraft to safe altitude; and executed clear / CRM and QRH's to resolve. All appropriate checklists completed. Key item-- we were unable to communicate with company with clarity. ACARS was our primary means to communicate with company. Unable to establish comm with company either via VHF comm or arinc. Aircraft did not have satcom. Continued and [advised company] via ACARS and ATC. Accomplished related checklists; landing performance received. Uneventful landing at ZZZ. Had emergency/crash fire rescue equipment equipment standing by for due caution. Overweight landing accomplished.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The 757 landing gear failed to retract; so the crew returned to the departure airport. The alternate retraction method was not considered because of an unusual noise heard in the nose gear area during pushback.

Narrative: First officers leg to fly. As PM as I performed the after takeoff checklist the landing gear would not retract. Continued to clear above surrounding terrain. Positioned aircraft to safe altitude; and executed CLR / CRM and QRH's to resolve. All appropriate checklists completed. Key item-- we were unable to communicate with company with clarity. ACARS was our primary means to communicate with company. Unable to establish comm with company either via VHF COMM or ARINC. Aircraft did not have SATCOM. Continued and [advised Company] via ACARS and ATC. Accomplished related checklists; landing performance received. Uneventful landing at ZZZ. Had emergency/CFR equipment standing by for due caution. Overweight landing accomplished.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.