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A BE1900D immediately after takeoff at 100 ft was unable to retract the landing gear due to mechanical failure of the landing gear control lever.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 406133 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pns |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pns |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6291 flight time type : 3600 |
| ASRS Report | 406133 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On flight from pns to tlh with 15 passenger and 2400 pounds of fuel gear would not retract after takeoff. I the captain was the PF. I gave the controls to my first officer because the handle was stuck in down position and I needed to press the relay J hook release button and to move handle to up position. Even with the J hook release button pressed the handle would not move. This chain of events took us up to 3000 ft. I contacted company. They told us to go to tlh. After this time still feeling it was safe to continue in the event of engine failure, we continued to tlh at 17000 ft. Landing was uneventful. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a beechcraft 1900D and the landing gear problem was caused by a mechanical failure of the landing gear control lever. The reporter said the handle would not raise in normal mode or override.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE1900D IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF AT 100 FT WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT THE LNDG GEAR DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE LNDG GEAR CTL LEVER.
Narrative: ON FLT FROM PNS TO TLH WITH 15 PAX AND 2400 LBS OF FUEL GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TKOF. I THE CAPT WAS THE PF. I GAVE THE CTLS TO MY FO BECAUSE THE HANDLE WAS STUCK IN DOWN POS AND I NEEDED TO PRESS THE RELAY J HOOK RELEASE BUTTON AND TO MOVE HANDLE TO UP POS. EVEN WITH THE J HOOK RELEASE BUTTON PRESSED THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS TOOK US UP TO 3000 FT. I CONTACTED COMPANY. THEY TOLD US TO GO TO TLH. AFTER THIS TIME STILL FEELING IT WAS SAFE TO CONTINUE IN THE EVENT OF ENG FAILURE, WE CONTINUED TO TLH AT 17000 FT. LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A BEECHCRAFT 1900D AND THE LNDG GEAR PROB WAS CAUSED BY A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE LNDG GEAR CTL LEVER. THE RPTR SAID THE HANDLE WOULD NOT RAISE IN NORMAL MODE OR OVERRIDE.
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.