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Flight crew of an light transport forgot to remove the nose gear locking pin prior to takeoff and returned to land for removal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 302340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sux |
| State Reference | IA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sux tower : azo |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial 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 : 60 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 302340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe 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 takeoff and gear retraction, my first officer and I noticed that the nose gear did not retract. We returned for landing to find that the nose gear pin was still in place. It was removed and we continued. In retrospect, a more thorough preflight should have been accomplished.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT FORGOT TO REMOVE THE NOSE GEAR LOCKING PIN PRIOR TO TKOF AND RETURNED TO LAND FOR REMOVAL.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF AND GEAR RETRACTION, MY FO AND I NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. WE RETURNED FOR LNDG TO FIND THAT THE NOSE GEAR PIN WAS STILL IN PLACE. IT WAS REMOVED AND WE CONTINUED. IN RETROSPECT, A MORE THOROUGH PREFLT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
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.