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Flight attendant report regarding a B767 which had to return to departure airport due to inability to retract the landing gear. Subsequent problems occurred on flts following and maintenance procedures are blamed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427477 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 427477 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
We had to land in lax a few moments after takeoff. The cockpit crew informed us that the gear would not go up. So we needed to return to lax. On the ground in operations, another crew told our captain that he had that problem the other day. He then made a comment that he was glad to see that they fixed the problem. On feb/xa/99, the crew was supposed to fly aircraft xax from lax to iad. After a lengthy delay, they canceled the flight. A mechanic made a comment to the captain after the captain asked why plane was still having problems. His comments were: they are getting rid of all the senior mechanics and hiring too many junior guys that aren't as good.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A B767 WHICH HAD TO RETURN TO DEP ARPT DUE TO INABILITY TO RETRACT THE LNDG GEAR. SUBSEQUENT PROBS OCCURRED ON FLTS FOLLOWING AND MAINT PROCS ARE BLAMED.
Narrative: WE HAD TO LAND IN LAX A FEW MOMENTS AFTER TKOF. THE COCKPIT CREW INFORMED US THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT GO UP. SO WE NEEDED TO RETURN TO LAX. ON THE GND IN OPS, ANOTHER CREW TOLD OUR CAPT THAT HE HAD THAT PROB THE OTHER DAY. HE THEN MADE A COMMENT THAT HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY FIXED THE PROB. ON FEB/XA/99, THE CREW WAS SUPPOSED TO FLY ACFT XAX FROM LAX TO IAD. AFTER A LENGTHY DELAY, THEY CANCELED THE FLT. A MECH MADE A COMMENT TO THE CAPT AFTER THE CAPT ASKED WHY PLANE WAS STILL HAVING PROBS. HIS COMMENTS WERE: THEY ARE GETTING RID OF ALL THE SENIOR MECHS AND HIRING TOO MANY JUNIOR GUYS THAT AREN'T AS GOOD.
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.