Flight crew of an medium large transport returned to land after gear would not indicate completely retracted after takeoff.

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Attributes
ACN	294259
Time
Date	199501
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dfw tracon : ont
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial 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 : 240 flight time total : 14500 flight time type : 6500
ASRS Report	294259
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	flight crew : declared emergency other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

After takeoff, on after takeoff checklist, noted right main gear red and green lights on. Put gear back down. All indications were normal. Leveled off, requested ATC return to dfw. Asked for trucks as precaution. Landed normally. All checklists and procedures were followed per far and air carrier operations. 5TH problem on same gear in as many as 5 days.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN MLG RETURNED TO LAND AFTER GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE COMPLETELY RETRACTED AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF, ON AFTER TKOF CHKLIST, NOTED R MAIN GEAR RED AND GREEN LIGHTS ON. PUT GEAR BACK DOWN. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. LEVELED OFF, REQUESTED ATC RETURN TO DFW. ASKED FOR TRUCKS AS PRECAUTION. LANDED NORMALLY. ALL CHKLISTS AND PROCS WERE FOLLOWED PER FAR AND ACR OPS. 5TH PROB ON SAME GEAR IN AS MANY AS 5 DAYS.

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.