Twice the flight crew had to return and land because the landing gear retraction indication was abno...

Attributes
ACN	308003
Time
Date	199505
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mnl
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mnl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	controller military : 7 controller radar : 10 flight time total : 3351
ASRS Report	308003
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

On takeoff from mnl gear interlock did not release. I checked gear tilt and found right body tilt light illuminated in both primary and alternate. We contacted tower and returned to the airport landing at approximately 550000 pounds gross weight. Maintenance was performed and the logbook signed off. We took off again and repeated the events we had just experienced. After landing again the problem was fixed and the log signed. Our third takeoff was uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TWICE THE FLC HAD TO RETURN AND LAND BECAUSE THE LNDG GEAR RETRACTION INDICATION WAS ABNORMAL.

Narrative: ON TKOF FROM MNL GEAR INTERLOCK DID NOT RELEASE. I CHKED GEAR TILT AND FOUND R BODY TILT LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN BOTH PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE. WE CONTACTED TWR AND RETURNED TO THE ARPT LNDG AT APPROX 550000 LBS GROSS WT. MAINT WAS PERFORMED AND THE LOGBOOK SIGNED OFF. WE TOOK OFF AGAIN AND REPEATED THE EVENTS WE HAD JUST EXPERIENCED. AFTER LNDG AGAIN THE PROB WAS FIXED AND THE LOG SIGNED. OUR THIRD TKOF WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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.

Twice the flight crew had to return and land because the landing gear retraction indication was abnormal.