Flight crew of an large transport returned and landed after the landing gear would not retract.

Attributes
ACN	326176
Time
Date	199601
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orf
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : orf tower : orf
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : student pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 2800 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	326176
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical 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:

Night takeoff, gear handle up. Unsafe red gear lights came on and stayed on, accompanied by unresetable landing gear aural warning horn. When throttles pulled during leveloff, both packs tripped off and pressurization went to standby (due to 'unscheduled descent' being initiated). Checklist accomplished. Did not resolve landing gear problem. Did precautionary return to field. Fire trucks responded (called tower). Biggest problem: flight engineer's inability to locate aural warning circuit breaker to stifle the obnoxious horn! Otherwise uneventful. No real lessons (except for knowing where circuit breaker is!).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LGT RETURNED AND LANDED AFTER THE LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.

Narrative: NIGHT TKOF, GEAR HANDLE UP. UNSAFE RED GEAR LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON, ACCOMPANIED BY UNRESETABLE LNDG GEAR AURAL WARNING HORN. WHEN THROTTLES PULLED DURING LEVELOFF, BOTH PACKS TRIPPED OFF AND PRESSURIZATION WENT TO STANDBY (DUE TO 'UNSCHEDULED DSCNT' BEING INITIATED). CHKLIST ACCOMPLISHED. DID NOT RESOLVE LNDG GEAR PROB. DID PRECAUTIONARY RETURN TO FIELD. FIRE TRUCKS RESPONDED (CALLED TWR). BIGGEST PROB: FE'S INABILITY TO LOCATE AURAL WARNING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO STIFLE THE OBNOXIOUS HORN! OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL. NO REAL LESSONS (EXCEPT FOR KNOWING WHERE CIRCUIT BREAKER IS!).

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.