Return to land because nose gear would not retract.

Attributes
ACN	322920
Time
Date	199512
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 6700 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	322920
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During gear retraction nose gear did not retract, cycling the gear did not correct problem. Returned to newark, nj (ewr). Maintenance found nose gear locking pin installed. Gear pin was not noticed during walk-around, and during cockpit inspection the first officer's life vest pouch partially blocked the view of the gear pin stowage. I could clearly see one and half of another pin and I counted three red 'remove before flight flags.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RETURN TO LAND BECAUSE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.

Narrative: DURING GEAR RETRACTION NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT, CYCLING THE GEAR DID NOT CORRECT PROB. RETURNED TO NEWARK, NJ (EWR). MAINT FOUND NOSE GEAR LOCKING PIN INSTALLED. GEAR PIN WAS NOT NOTICED DURING WALK-AROUND, AND DURING COCKPIT INSPECTION THE FO'S LIFE VEST POUCH PARTIALLY BLOCKED THE VIEW OF THE GEAR PIN STOWAGE. I COULD CLRLY SEE ONE AND HALF OF ANOTHER PIN AND I COUNTED THREE RED 'REMOVE BEFORE FLT FLAGS.'

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.