Light transport had to return land lax when the right main gear failed to retract because a gear pin was overlooked during preflight. Ribbon attached to gear pin had blown up into the wheel well.

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Attributes
ACN	368365
Time
Date	199705
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude 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 : 13000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	368365
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

A gear pin was left in the right main landing gear. This was missed by the first officer on his preflight. The strap of pin was blown up in the gear and was not visible. This was discovered when the gear would not come up after takeoff. Landed back at the airport with everything working normal.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT HAD TO RETURN LAND LAX WHEN THE R MAIN GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT BECAUSE A GEAR PIN WAS OVERLOOKED DURING PREFLT. RIBBON ATTACHED TO GEAR PIN HAD BLOWN UP INTO THE WHEEL WELL.

Narrative: A GEAR PIN WAS LEFT IN THE R MAIN LNDG GEAR. THIS WAS MISSED BY THE FO ON HIS PREFLT. THE STRAP OF PIN WAS BLOWN UP IN THE GEAR AND WAS NOT VISIBLE. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE GEAR WOULD NOT COME UP AFTER TKOF. LANDED BACK AT THE ARPT WITH EVERYTHING WORKING NORMAL.

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.