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An air carrier medium large transport returned and landed due to the nose gear would not retract since the nose gear pin was left in.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 273036 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199406 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sea tower : ewr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 9800 |
| ASRS Report | 273036 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After departure nose landing gear would not retract. Returned VFR to seattle with no other problems. After returning to gate noted the nose gear pin was still installed (I missed it on the preflight).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MLG RETURNED AND LANDED DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT SINCE THE NOSE GEAR PIN WAS LEFT IN.
Narrative: AFTER DEP NOSE LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. RETURNED VFR TO SEATTLE WITH NO OTHER PROBS. AFTER RETURNING TO GATE NOTED THE NOSE GEAR PIN WAS STILL INSTALLED (I MISSED IT ON THE PREFLT).
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.