An air carrier medium large transport made an overweight landing.

Attributes
ACN	278864
Time
Date	199407
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl tower : hou
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other other
Route In Use	arrival other departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	278864
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Nose gear did not retract departing atl. On departure from atl MFDU message. Nose landing gear. Recycled gear -- gear handle lights came back on and MFDU message returned on retraction of gear. Returned to atl and made an overweight landing minus 90.6 pounds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG MADE AN OVERWT LNDG.

Narrative: NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT DEPARTING ATL. ON DEP FROM ATL MFDU MESSAGE. NOSE LNDG GEAR. RECYCLED GEAR -- GEAR HANDLE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND MFDU MSG RETURNED ON RETRACTION OF GEAR. RETURNED TO ATL AND MADE AN OVERWT LNDG MINUS 90.6 LBS.

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.