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Gear left down for short flight to destination airport when part of nose gear door fails to stay connected to uplock linkage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358584 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gsp |
| State Reference | SC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 358584 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After taking off from gsp and retracting gear, the nosewheel gear door (1 of 2 separate doors) came unlatched from linkage and began to 'flap' as speed increased. After recycling gear to try to relatch it was unsuccessful, elected to continue on to destination which was 60 mi away (tri) with gear extended (since that kept door in place). Believe that this was a decision I would make again, since it did not endanger any part of the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GEAR LEFT DOWN FOR SHORT FLT TO DEST ARPT WHEN PART OF NOSE GEAR DOOR FAILS TO STAY CONNECTED TO UPLOCK LINKAGE.
Narrative: AFTER TAKING OFF FROM GSP AND RETRACTING GEAR, THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR DOOR (1 OF 2 SEPARATE DOORS) CAME UNLATCHED FROM LINKAGE AND BEGAN TO 'FLAP' AS SPD INCREASED. AFTER RECYCLING GEAR TO TRY TO RELATCH IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON TO DEST WHICH WAS 60 MI AWAY (TRI) WITH GEAR EXTENDED (SINCE THAT KEPT DOOR IN PLACE). BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS A DECISION I WOULD MAKE AGAIN, SINCE IT DID NOT ENDANGER ANY PART OF THE FLT.
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.