Air carrier PIC of light transport report on failure to enter landing gear, aircraft equipment probl...

Attributes
ACN	260488
Time
Date	199401
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	SF 340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	260488
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During the takeoff phase of flight from lga to psm the landing gear failed to retract. No circuit breakers were tripped and when the gear handle was positioned into the down position, 3 gear safe (green) lights illuminated. Since there is no checklist procedure for no retraction we performed the gear failure checklist to further ensure that the gear was safe. We then returned to lga using normal procedures and checklists and landed without incident. I immediately called flight control and I had a long discussion via conference with maintenance control and flight control. I described in detail the problem with the airplane and was told a mechanic would be alerted. The flight was canceled and the airplane was grounded. An ensuing winter storm was increasing in strength and I was informed that the airplane needed to be moved immediately to accommodate an inbound air carrier flight. I ended my conversation with flight control and proceeded to the airplane to reposition it to the overnight parking area, it was a very hectic and chaotic situation. We then secured the airplane for the night. It was approximately PM00 local time. I returned to the airport the next morning at AM00 local time and repositioned the airplane to the air carrier hangar with the help of air carrier maintenance personnel. I had a conversation with the mechanic, who was in charge of my airplane, and we discussed the problem and possible solutions. Because of the severe winter storm I did not reach home until XX00 local time and was very tired. I awoke the next morning and called maintenance control saying that I had not yet entered the mechanical discrepancy in the logbook and they said they would enter the discrepancy via my authority/authorized. The airplane was grounded and it was not scheduled to fly or be ferried and recorded as such with flight control and maintenance clt. In summation, the delayed entry of the mechanical discrepancy in the aircraft's logbook was due to the combination of fatigue at the end of the day, the winter storm, and the chaotic atmosphere in lga operations concerning the moving of the aircraft. However, the discrepancy was properly entered in the logbook before the commencement of the next flight and was done following the last flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR PIC OF LTT RPT ON FAILURE TO ENTER LNDG GEAR, ACFT EQUIP PROB MALFUNCTION, INTO THE LOGBOOK AFTER RETURN LAND. GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT.

Narrative: DURING THE TKOF PHASE OF FLT FROM LGA TO PSM THE LNDG GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE TRIPPED AND WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIONED INTO THE DOWN POS, 3 GEAR SAFE (GREEN) LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. SINCE THERE IS NO CHKLIST PROC FOR NO RETRACTION WE PERFORMED THE GEAR FAILURE CHKLIST TO FURTHER ENSURE THAT THE GEAR WAS SAFE. WE THEN RETURNED TO LGA USING NORMAL PROCS AND CHKLISTS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FLT CTL AND I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION VIA CONFERENCE WITH MAINT CTL AND FLT CTL. I DESCRIBED IN DETAIL THE PROB WITH THE AIRPLANE AND WAS TOLD A MECH WOULD BE ALERTED. THE FLT WAS CANCELED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS GNDED. AN ENSUING WINTER STORM WAS INCREASING IN STRENGTH AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIRPLANE NEEDED TO BE MOVED IMMEDIATELY TO ACCOMMODATE AN INBOUND ACR FLT. I ENDED MY CONVERSATION WITH FLT CTL AND PROCEEDED TO THE AIRPLANE TO REPOSITION IT TO THE OVERNIGHT PARKING AREA, IT WAS A VERY HECTIC AND CHAOTIC SIT. WE THEN SECURED THE AIRPLANE FOR THE NIGHT. IT WAS APPROX PM00 LCL TIME. I RETURNED TO THE ARPT THE NEXT MORNING AT AM00 LCL TIME AND REPOSITIONED THE AIRPLANE TO THE ACR HANGAR WITH THE HELP OF ACR MAINT PERSONNEL. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MECH, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF MY AIRPLANE, AND WE DISCUSSED THE PROB AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE WINTER STORM I DID NOT REACH HOME UNTIL XX00 LCL TIME AND WAS VERY TIRED. I AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING AND CALLED MAINT CTL SAYING THAT I HAD NOT YET ENTERED THE MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY IN THE LOGBOOK AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD ENTER THE DISCREPANCY VIA MY AUTH. THE AIRPLANE WAS GNDED AND IT WAS NOT SCHEDULED TO FLY OR BE FERRIED AND RECORDED AS SUCH WITH FLT CTL AND MAINT CLT. IN SUMMATION, THE DELAYED ENTRY OF THE MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY IN THE ACFT'S LOGBOOK WAS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FATIGUE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WINTER STORM, AND THE CHAOTIC ATMOSPHERE IN LGA OPS CONCERNING THE MOVING OF THE ACFT. HOWEVER, THE DISCREPANCY WAS PROPERLY ENTERED IN THE LOGBOOK BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT FLT AND WAS DONE FOLLOWING THE LAST FLT.

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.

Air carrier PIC of light transport report on failure to enter landing gear, aircraft equipment problem malfunction, into the logbook after return land. Gear failed to retract.