Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft return land after gear door retract problem. The main gear doors were damaged when they hit the ground during landing and taxi.

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Attributes
ACN	258923
Time
Date	199312
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	258923
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 400 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	258606
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Just prior to V1 call, captain noticed the yellow gear door light flicker on. Takeoff was continued. Captain attempted to put the gear up with no success. The yellow gear door light was intermittently on and off. Gear was placed down with the emergency gear handle pulled to allow the gear doors to float on landing. At this time landing clearance was given and all indications appeared normal including the yellow gear door light out. We informed tower we would continue to taxi to the gate, given that everything appeared normal at that point, until we arrived at the gate and found out main gear doors were dragging down. Prior to the flight all system appeared normal including preflight inspections both interior and exterior. In retrospect it would have been best to assume the gear doors were dragging down after landing. Thus we should have stopped on the runway after landing and had our company or emergency vehicles check our condition before taxiing to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT RETURN LAND AFTER GEAR DOOR RETRACT PROB. THE MAIN GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED WHEN THEY HIT THE GND DURING LNDG AND TAXI.

Narrative: JUST PRIOR TO V1 CALL, CAPT NOTICED THE YELLOW GEAR DOOR LIGHT FLICKER ON. TKOF WAS CONTINUED. CAPT ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE GEAR UP WITH NO SUCCESS. THE YELLOW GEAR DOOR LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENTLY ON AND OFF. GEAR WAS PLACED DOWN WITH THE EMER GEAR HANDLE PULLED TO ALLOW THE GEAR DOORS TO FLOAT ON LNDG. AT THIS TIME LNDG CLRNC WAS GIVEN AND ALL INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL INCLUDING THE YELLOW GEAR DOOR LIGHT OUT. WE INFORMED TWR WE WOULD CONTINUE TO TAXI TO THE GATE, GIVEN THAT EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL AT THAT POINT, UNTIL WE ARRIVED AT THE GATE AND FOUND OUT MAIN GEAR DOORS WERE DRAGGING DOWN. PRIOR TO THE FLT ALL SYS APPEARED NORMAL INCLUDING PREFLT INSPECTIONS BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. IN RETROSPECT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST TO ASSUME THE GEAR DOORS WERE DRAGGING DOWN AFTER LNDG. THUS WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED ON THE RWY AFTER LNDG AND HAD OUR COMPANY OR EMER VEHICLES CHK OUR CONDITION BEFORE TAXIING TO THE GATE.

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.