A B727-200 on short final had split flap indication. On go around were unable to retract the left main landing gear. First officer recommended declaring emergency. Captain denied.

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Attributes
ACN	360362
Time
Date	199701
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mem
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1200 agl bound upper : 1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mem tower : gjt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	360362
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Short final we noticed a split flap and decided to go around. On go around the gear failed to retract. We landed with split flaps and gear down. On downwind/base turn, I recommended to captain that we declare an emergency because of our flight control malfunction. He chose not to. Because of the time constraints and his attention to the emergency flap extension procedure with a brand new, first flight off flight engineer, I did not press the issue. He did inform the tower of our flight control malfunction so they rolled the crash fire rescue equipment for us. However, I believe we were incorrect to not formally declare an emergency. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the aircraft had no roll associated with the split flaps, and the reporter believes the flaps shut off because the outboard flaps were coming down ahead of the inboard flaps. The left main gear was the one landing gear that would not retract, so the flight crew left all the gear down. The reporter had no information from maintenance on the cause of the flap or gear problem, but does know the aircraft was taken OTS and jacked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727-200 ON SHORT FINAL HAD SPLIT FLAP INDICATION. ON GAR WERE UNABLE TO RETRACT THE L MAIN LNDG GEAR. FO RECOMMENDED DECLARING EMER. CAPT DENIED.

Narrative: SHORT FINAL WE NOTICED A SPLIT FLAP AND DECIDED TO GO AROUND. ON GAR THE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. WE LANDED WITH SPLIT FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN. ON DOWNWIND/BASE TURN, I RECOMMENDED TO CAPT THAT WE DECLARE AN EMER BECAUSE OF OUR FLT CTL MALFUNCTION. HE CHOSE NOT TO. BECAUSE OF THE TIME CONSTRAINTS AND HIS ATTN TO THE EMER FLAP EXTENSION PROC WITH A BRAND NEW, FIRST FLT OFF FE, I DID NOT PRESS THE ISSUE. HE DID INFORM THE TWR OF OUR FLT CTL MALFUNCTION SO THEY ROLLED THE CFR FOR US. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WE WERE INCORRECT TO NOT FORMALLY DECLARE AN EMER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE ACFT HAD NO ROLL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPLIT FLAPS, AND THE RPTR BELIEVES THE FLAPS SHUT OFF BECAUSE THE OUTBOARD FLAPS WERE COMING DOWN AHEAD OF THE INBOARD FLAPS. THE L MAIN GEAR WAS THE ONE LNDG GEAR THAT WOULD NOT RETRACT, SO THE FLC LEFT ALL THE GEAR DOWN. THE RPTR HAD NO INFO FROM MAINT ON THE CAUSE OF THE FLAP OR GEAR PROB, BUT DOES KNOW THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS AND JACKED.

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.