Narrative:

I accomplished my preflight and the only thing I found that was abnormal was the main gear down and locked indicators were greased over. On my return to the cockpit the captain informed me that the automatic slat computer had failed. I called maintenance. They cleaned the gear indicators and opened the east & east compartment to rest the computer for the automatic slats. After takeoff the nose gear would not retract. The appropriate checklists were completed and we continued to our destination with the nose gear down. After landing, a gear pin was found in the nose gear compartment. To keep this from happening again, I suggest that it be mandatory for maintenance to make a log book write-up when the gear pins are installed or removed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER TKOF AT TPA, GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FLEW TO DESTINATION WITH GEAR DOWN. NOSE GEAR PIN NOT REMOVED.

Narrative: I ACCOMPLISHED MY PREFLT AND THE ONLY THING I FOUND THAT WAS ABNORMAL WAS THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATORS WERE GREASED OVER. ON MY RETURN TO THE COCKPIT THE CAPT INFORMED ME THAT THE AUTO SLAT COMPUTER HAD FAILED. I CALLED MAINT. THEY CLEANED THE GEAR INDICATORS AND OPENED THE E & E COMPARTMENT TO REST THE COMPUTER FOR THE AUTO SLATS. AFTER TKOF THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED AND WE CONTINUED TO OUR DEST WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. AFTER LNDG, A GEAR PIN WAS FOUND IN THE NOSE GEAR COMPARTMENT. TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, I SUGGEST THAT IT BE MANDATORY FOR MAINT TO MAKE A LOG BOOK WRITE-UP WHEN THE GEAR PINS ARE INSTALLED OR REMOVED.

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