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Citation captain reported the nose gear would not retract after gear handle was raised; returned to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1607002 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| 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 | Citation Excel (C560XL) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 110 Flight Crew Total 27500 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
After positive rate of climb and 300 feet AGL landing gear handle up. Both main landing gear retracted; nose gear did not. Nose gear down and locked green light remained illuminated and no red light. Completed after take off checklist and at 1000 feet located appropriate abnormal checklist for the nose gear problem. Thoroughly completed that checklist with no help. Returned to ZZZ with 3 green down and locked indications and no red unlocked light. On final retarded thrust levers and no gear warning horn. Landed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Citation Captain reported the nose gear would not retract after gear handle was raised; returned to departure airport.
Narrative: After positive rate of climb and 300 feet AGL landing gear handle up. Both main landing gear retracted; nose gear did not. Nose gear down and locked green light remained illuminated and no red light. Completed after take off checklist and at 1000 feet located appropriate abnormal checklist for the nose gear problem. Thoroughly completed that checklist with no help. Returned to ZZZ with 3 green down and locked indications and no red unlocked light. On final retarded thrust levers and no gear warning horn. Landed without incident.
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.