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B727 flight crew has problem with gear retract. They dump fuel and return to land. Crash fire rescue equipment truck pulls onto runway in front of aircraft after touchdown causing flight crew to swerve and brake to avoid the truck.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 361869 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199702 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zzz airport : us |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : us |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 361869 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| 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 |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
After takeoff, left main gear did not retract. Cycled once, then both mains did not retract. Left gear down and returned to departure airport. Fuel dumped 24000 pounds. Requested full length on landing runway, no emergency declared, and had requested company maintenance to pin gear. Runway was 10500 ft. After touchdown, the crash truck at the 3000 ft to go pulled out on runway in front of us by approximately 2000 ft, forcing moderate braking and a swerve to the left to avoid truck. This resulted in unnecessary side loads on maybe weaker gear. Gear were pinned on taxiway that crash truck forced us to take. No other problems. (Note: no radio contact with crash crew. Frequency assigned, no one home.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FLC HAS PROB WITH GEAR RETRACT. THEY DUMP FUEL AND RETURN TO LAND. CFR TRUCK PULLS ONTO RWY IN FRONT OF ACFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN CAUSING FLC TO SWERVE AND BRAKE TO AVOID THE TRUCK.
Narrative: AFTER TKOF, L MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. CYCLED ONCE, THEN BOTH MAINS DID NOT RETRACT. LEFT GEAR DOWN AND RETURNED TO DEP ARPT. FUEL DUMPED 24000 LBS. REQUESTED FULL LENGTH ON LNDG RWY, NO EMER DECLARED, AND HAD REQUESTED COMPANY MAINT TO PIN GEAR. RWY WAS 10500 FT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE CRASH TRUCK AT THE 3000 FT TO GO PULLED OUT ON RWY IN FRONT OF US BY APPROX 2000 FT, FORCING MODERATE BRAKING AND A SWERVE TO THE L TO AVOID TRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN UNNECESSARY SIDE LOADS ON MAYBE WEAKER GEAR. GEAR WERE PINNED ON TXWY THAT CRASH TRUCK FORCED US TO TAKE. NO OTHER PROBS. (NOTE: NO RADIO CONTACT WITH CRASH CREW. FREQ ASSIGNED, NO ONE HOME.)
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.