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DHC8-200 aircraft after takeoff flight crew unable to raise nose gear. Return land and found nose gear locking pin not reinstalled after pushback.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388850 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1500 agl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : phx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 388850 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On departure from phx to aspen, co, the nose gear would not retract. A return landing at phx was made uneventfully. It was later found that a ground crew employee mistakenly pulled the nosewheel gear lock pin before hooking up pushback tug. He then forgot to resecure the pin after engine start. After reviewing and getting a new release from dispatch and filing company occurrence reports, the flight was continued to aspen uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DHC8-200 ACFT AFTER TKOF FLC UNABLE TO RAISE NOSE GEAR. RETURN LAND AND FOUND NOSE GEAR LOCKING PIN NOT REINSTALLED AFTER PUSHBACK.
Narrative: ON DEP FROM PHX TO ASPEN, CO, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. A RETURN LNDG AT PHX WAS MADE UNEVENTFULLY. IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT A GND CREW EMPLOYEE MISTAKENLY PULLED THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR LOCK PIN BEFORE HOOKING UP PUSHBACK TUG. HE THEN FORGOT TO RESECURE THE PIN AFTER ENG START. AFTER REVIEWING AND GETTING A NEW RELEASE FROM DISPATCH AND FILING COMPANY OCCURRENCE RPTS, THE FLT WAS CONTINUED TO ASPEN UNEVENTFULLY.
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.