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Medium large transport nose gear failed to retract and flight crew declared an emergency and returned to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 275755 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199406 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 275755 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Emergency nose gear fail to retract. After normal takeoff from lga, nose gear failed to retract. Gear handle would only come up 1/2 way. Pushed the gear handle retract button and the handle went to the full up position but the nose gear remained down and locked and the mains retracted. Put the gear handle down. All gear indicated down and locked. Declared emergency. Returned to lga. Approach and landing were normal. Landed overweight at 135.9. Landing was smooth. No further problems. Terminated emergency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AND FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND.
Narrative: EMER NOSE GEAR FAIL TO RETRACT. AFTER NORMAL TKOF FROM LGA, NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. GEAR HANDLE WOULD ONLY COME UP 1/2 WAY. PUSHED THE GEAR HANDLE RETRACT BUTTON AND THE HANDLE WENT TO THE FULL UP POS BUT THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE MAINS RETRACTED. PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN. ALL GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. DECLARED EMER. RETURNED TO LGA. APCH AND LNDG WERE NORMAL. LANDED OVERWT AT 135.9. LNDG WAS SMOOTH. NO FURTHER PROBS. TERMINATED EMER.
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.